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REX
V.
AJAYI OMOKARO
WEST AFRICAN COURT OF APPEAL HOLDEN AT LAGOS, NIGERIA
6TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1941
2PLR/1941/33 (WACA)
OTHER CITATION(S)
2PLR/1941/33 (WACA)
(1941) VII WACA P. 146
LEX (1941) – VII WACA P. 146
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BEFORE THEIR LORDSHIPS:
BUTLER LLOYD, ACTING C.J.,
BAKER, J.
BROOKE, J.
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BETWEEN:
REX — Respondent
AND
AJAYI OMOKARO — Respondent
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REPRESENTATION
Unsworth — for Crown
Appellant in person
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ISSUE(S) FROM THE CAUSE(S) OF ACTION
CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE:- Murder — Proof of — Conviction based entirely upon evidence of confessions by conviction by Appellant — When would be sustained
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DECISION OF THE WEST AFRICAN COURT OF APPEAL
Held:- Appeal dismissed.
The only question raised by this appeal is whether a conviction based entirely upon evidence of confessions by appellant can stand. The case of Sykes 8 C.A.R. p. 233 affords clear authority that such evidence is sufficient.
R. v. Sykes 8 C.A.R. 233 followed.
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MAIN JUDGMENT
The following short judgment was delivered: –
BUTLER LLOYD, ACTING C.J., NIGERIA., BAKER AND BROOKE, JJ.
The only question raised by this appeal is whether a conviction based entirely upon evidence of confessions by appellant can stand. The case of Sykes 8 C.A.R. p. 233 affords clear authority that such evidence is sufficient. The learned trial Judge enquired most carefully into the circumstances in which the alleged confessions were made, one of them before a European Assistant Commissioner of Police, and was satisfied of their genuineness.
The appeal must be dismissed.
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