LARTI V. THE STATE
(1965) JELR 81801 (SC)
Supreme Court
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30 Apr 1965
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Ghana
Coram
MILLS-ODOI JSC,
OLLENNU JSC,
BRUCE-LYLE J.S.C.
Appearances
M. A. Mettle for the appellant.
K. Gyeke-Dako, Senior State Attorney (with him Mrs. J.A. Amankwa), for the respondent.
Judgement
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><u>JUDGEMENT</u></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>BRUCE-LYLE J.S.C.</strong> </p><p style="text-align: justify;">This is an appeal from a conviction for murder entered at the Criminal Session of the High Court held at Accra on 22 April 1964. The case for the prosecution is that the appellant and the deceased Kwadjo Asare lived in the same house in Abenabo village near Suhum. The deceased shared the same room with one Yaa Manko, the ninth prosecution witness and his brother's wife, who is also the appellant's cousin. On the evening of Friday 20 September 1964 the appellant visited the ninth prosecution witness and the deceased in their room, conversed with them for some time and when he was about to leave he insulted the deceased, saying that he was a beast and had no sense; when the ninth prosecution witness asked him for his reason for saying so, the appellant said nothing and went away and left the house. He later returned to the house when the ninth prosecution witness and the deceased had locked their door. The appellant then banged on the door and shouted saying t…</p>