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REX
V.
NWACHUKU NWAGBOSA
WEST AFRICAN COURT OF APPEAL HOLDEN AT LAGOS, NIGERIA
5TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1937
2PLR/1937/47 (WACA)
OTHER CITATION(S)
2PLR/1937/47 (WACA)
(1937) III WACA P. 141
LEX (1937) – III WACA P. 141
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BEFORE THEIR LORDSHIPS:
DONALD KINGDON, C.J.,
CAREY, J.
GRAHAM PAUL, J.
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BETWEEN:
REX — Respondent
AND
NWACHUKU NWAGBOSA — Appellant
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ORIGINATING COURT
Appeal from Conviction by Supreme Court
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REPRESENTATION:
Appellant in person
Ivor Brace — for Crown
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ISSUE(S) FROM THE CAUSE(S) OF ACTION
CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE:- Conviction of murder in 1933 — Commutation of death sentence to imprisonment for life — Application for extension of time and for leave to appeal — Section 18(1) of Ordinance No. 47 of 1933 — Opposition by Crown — How treated
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DECISION OF THE WEST AFRICAN COURT OF APPEAL
Held: Application dismissed, and direction in Rex v. Twynham, XV Criminal Appeal Reports, page 38, followed.
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MAIN JUDGMENT
The following Order was made: KINGDON, PRESIDENT.
The application is dismissed, and it is ordered that if any similar application is made in future it shall not be included in the list, the Registrar to refer to a Judge of the Court for its exclusion.
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