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REX
V.
ADENIJI AND OTHERS
WEST AFRICAN COURT OF APPEAL HOLDEN AT LAGOS, NIGERIA
27TH DAY OF MAY, 1937
2PLR/1937/38 (WACA)
OTHER CITATION(S)
2PLR/1937/38 (WACA)
(1937) III WACA P. 185
LEX (1937) – III WACA P. 185
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BEFORE THEIR LORDSHIPS:
DONALD KINGDON, C.J., NIGERIA
PETRIDES, C.J., GOLD COAST
BUTLER LLOYD, J.
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BETWEEN:
REX — Respondent
AND
1. ADENIJI,
2. MARIOMAMO OSANYINTOLA,
3. ABIONA,
4. JOSEPH JENTRI,
5. COMFORT EGBERONGBE — Appellants
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ORIGINATING COURT
Appeal from Conviction by High Court
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REPRESENTATION
Appellant in person
The Acting Solicitor-General for Crown
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ISSUE(S) FROM THE CAUSE(S) OF ACTION
CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE:- Preparation for coining current silver coin contra section 148(8)(c) of the Criminal Code — Admissibility of evidence of previous by uttering by appellant
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DECISION OF THE WEST AFRICAN COURT OF APPEAL
Held:-
The trial Judge was right in admitting evidence of previous uttering of counterfeit coins by appellant on a charge of being in possession of moulds in order to prove guilty knowledge.
Reg. v. Weeks (L. & C. 18, 30 L.J. W.C. 141, 8 Cox, C.C. 455) held conclusive on the point.
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MAIN JUDGMENT
The following joint judgment was delivered: per KINGDON, C.J., NIGERIA, PETRIDES, C.J., GOLD COAST, AND BUTLER LLOYD, J.
The only point in this appeal was whether the learned trial Judge was right in admitting evidence of previous uttering of counterfeit coins by appellant on a charge of being in possession of moulds in order to prove guilty knowledge. The case of Reg. v. Weeks (L. & C. 18, 30 L.J. W.C. 141, 8 Cox, C.C. 455) is conclusive on the point that he was right so to do.
Apart from this there is no substance in this appeal and it is dismissed.
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