Acts, Ordinances & Laws cited

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INDEX OF SUBJECT MATTER

Criminal Law and Procedure

- Homicide - Murder - Summing up - Undesirable for trial Judge to

express his views on the evidence too freely - Summing up -

Judge describing evidence of accused as "very flimsy" - Whether

objectionable in the context of his full summing up. SHITTU V.

STATE [1970 N.S.C.C.]

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Criminal Law and Procedure

- Murder - Appeal - Notice of appeal signed and filed out of time -

Whether Supreme Court has power to extend period of 30 days

within which appeal may be brought - Supreme Court Act s. 31(2);

31(4). OJOJO V. STATE [1970 NSCC]

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Criminal Law

- Charge - Contempt of court - Where accused brought before a

Magistrate - Duty of Magistrate to proceed with trial - Criminal

Code S.133(8). ADU V. LASISI [1970 N.S.C.C.]

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Criminal Law

- Contempt of court - Refusal to obtain court order to quit land -

Defendant in no doubt about the land in dispute - Whether plan of

land necessary. ADU V. LASISI [1970 N.S.C.C.]

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Criminal Law

- Courts - Contempt of court - Summary power of punishment to

be used sparingly - Contempt of court - To be proved beyond

reascnable doubt - Where trial Judge wishes to deal summarily

with case of contempt in face of court - Accused to be put not in

witness box but in dock - Constitution of Federation s.22(a) -

Charge not specifying under which provision accused was

charged - If acting under s.133 of Criminal Code then case to be

tried before different court. AGBACHOM V. STATE [1970

N.S.C.C.]

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Criminal Law

- Culpable homicide punishable with death - Evidence of

provocation not considered by trial court - Effect - Penal Code

S.S.221, 222. YALWA & ORS. V. STATE [1970 N.S.C.C.] . .

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Criminal Law

- Evidence - Unsworn evidence of child of tender age -

Corroboration Evidence Law SS.178(5); 182(3). OLALEYE V.

STATE [1970 N.S.C.C.]

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