"When a criminal act is done by several persons in furtherance of the common intention of all, each of such persons is liable for that act in the same manner...
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"It is well established principle of law that where an accused person raised the defence of alibi promptly with the necessary particulars of his whereabout, the prosecution has a duty...
"The incident happened in broad day light with no obstruction of the view between the witnesses and their assailants, the appellants inclusive. The question of mistaken identity or non-recognition of...
"The appellant’s defence of accidental discharge was carefully considered by both courts below and rejected on very clear evidence before the court… there was no doubt whatever from the findings...
"I believe the 4th prosecution witness when he testified that the accused person moved backwards for a distance of about seven feet before he took his aim with the pistol...
"The law is firmly settled that where strong circumstantial evidence is led against an accused person in a criminal trial and this give rise to the drawing of a presumption...
"A young man of 18 years of age who was charged along with the appellant had stated in his evidence that when the appellant and the deceased started fighting he...
"In criminal trials the onus is on the prosecution to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt. Proof beyond all reasonable doubt does not mean or import or connote beyond any...
"An intent to kill can be inferred from the nature of the wound inflicted on the deceased."
CRIMINAL LAW — Homicide — Manslaughter — Proof of Causal Link Between Act of Accused and Death
"To sustain a conviction for the offence of manslaughter, it must be established beyond reasonable doubt that it was the act of the accused that caused the death of the...
"The attempt by the 2nd appellant to hoodwink the court by his mumbo-jumbo story which seeks to show that he was not at the scene of the crime was designed...
"It is elementary law that where an accused person is unequivocally pinned to the locus inquo as one committing the offence, the defence of alibi no more avails the accused....
