"In the instant case, and applying the above principles thereto, I find that the Court of Appeal was wrong to have changed the orders made by the trial court with...
"It was also not in dispute and the court can take notice thereof that at the material time the orders were made, the economic situation in the country was so...
"It was after considering these submissions of counsel that the learned trial Judge came to the conclusion that he would grant parties respective prayers 'subject to modifications'. This therefore appears...
"The law is settled that insanity is primarily a question of fact to be determined by the trial court which ought to take into consideration each and every admissible piece...
"This burden on the accused to prove his insanity, however, is merely as in civil cases, that is to say, on the balance of probability or the preponderance of evidence....
"Section 27 of the Criminal Code Law of the now defunct Bendel State of Nigeria applicable to Edo State provides that every person is presumed to be of sound mind,...
"In insanity cases, the Judge must consider the behaviour of the accused at the time of the killing as well as after the killing. See Kure v. The State (1988)...
"Mere absence of any evidence of motive for a crime is not sufficient ground upon which to infer insanity. See R. v. Ashigifuwo (supra)."
"In order, therefore, to establish the defence of insanity, the defence must first show that the accused was at the relevant time, suffering from either mental disease or from a...
"Where an accused pleads insanity, the onus is on him to produce evidence of insanity. In the instant case the onus was on the appellant to establish insanity. See Udofia...
"The appellants by their conduct have voluntarily opted out of the trial because they had adequate information of the hearing date, the venue of trial and had adequate time to...
"It is not appellants' case that they were not aware of the respondent's case. They did not deny service of respondent's writ of summons and statement of claim on them...