"By virtue of its provisions, S.112 (a) thereof, knowledge on the part of the accused that the document was a forged one is enough to ground his conviction for forgery."
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"From a long line of decided cases, it is settled beyond controversy that to secure a conviction on a charge of murder, the prosecution must prove (a) that the deceased...
"A single witness, if believed by the court, can establish a criminal case even if it is a murder charge."
"It has long been established that medical evidence as to the cause of death is not an invariable essential requirement in all cases of homicide. In the absence of medical...
"In order to succeed in proving that an accused person caused the death of the deceased by dangerous driving and that he drove dangerously under sections 4 and 5(1) of...
"In a charge of forgery, an essential ingredient to be proved is that the accused person forged the documents in question."
"In a criminal trial, it is unsafe to base a conviction on speculative findings based not on what the appellant did but on what he ought to have done."
"For a conviction of murder to stand, the prosecution must prove beyond reasonable doubt that the accused person caused the death of the deceased by an unlawful act, and that...
"In order to procure a conviction for the above offence, the prosecution must prove or establish the following ingredients: (a) That the accused was the clerk or servant of the...
"Suspicion however strong cannot constitute a crime or ground a conviction."
"Conspiracy as an offence is the agreement by two or more persons to do or cause to be done an illegal act or legal act by illegal means. The actual...
"Whether the prosecutrix was a minor or an adult there must first be proof of penetration and that penetration of the vagina must be linked with the appellant. There was...