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IN THE MATTER OF CONTEMPT OF COURT IN RE J. O. IZUORA
THE WEST AFRICAN COURT OF APPEAL, HOLDEN AT LAGOS, NIGERIA
23RD DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1951
2PLR/1951/29 (WACA)
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OTHER CITATION(S)
2PLR/1951/29 (WACA)
(1951) XIII WACA P. 312
LEX (1951) – XIII WACA 312
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BEFORE THEIR LORDSHIPS:
VERITY, C.J., NIGERIA
LEWEY, J.A.
JIBOWU, J.
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BETWEEN
IN THE MATTER OF CONTEMPT OF COURT IN RE J. O. IZUORA
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ISSUE(S) FROM THE CAUSE(S) OF ACTION
CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE:- Criminal contempt of Court – Conviction thereof – Whether no appeal lies to the West African Court of Appeal.
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CASE SUMMARY
The applicant appealed to this Court against a decision of the Supreme Court fining him for a Criminal Contempt of Court.
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DECISION(S) OF THE WEST ADFRICAN COURT OF APPEAL
Held that:
Following Poku &, Anor. (1), that no appeal lies to the West African Court of Appeal.
Case referred to:-
In re Poku & Jantuah, 13 W.A.C.A. 277.
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MAIN JUDGMENT
THE FOLLOWING JUDGMENT WAS DELIVERED:
VERITY, C.J.
In view of the judgment of this Court in the matter of Poku & Anor., it is apparent that no appeal can be brought under section 10 of the West African Court of Appeal Ordinance (Cap. 229) in such a matter as the present. There is no appeal therefore before this Court and the proceedings are struck out.
Appeal struck out.
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