THE KING V. WALLACE-JOHNSON

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ISAAC THEOPHILUS AKKUNNA WALLACE-JOHNSON

V.

THE KING

JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL,

11TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1939

PRIVY COUNCIL APPEAL NO. 89 OF 1938

2PLR/1939/11 (P.C.)

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OTHER CITATION(S)

2PLR/1939/11 (P.C.)

(1939) P.C. 11/1938

(1939) V WACA PP. 56 – 61

LEX (1939) – P.C. 89/1938

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BEFORE THEIR LORDSHIPS:

THE LORD CHANCELLOR (Viscount Caldecote)

LORD THANKERTON

LORD ALNESS

LORD ROMER

SIR GEORGE RANKIN

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BETWEEN:

ISAAC THEOPHILUS AKKUNNA WALLACE-JOHNSON – Appellant

AND

THE KING – Respondent

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ORIGINATING COURT(S)

FROM THE WEST AFRICAN COURT OF APPEAL

GOLD COAST AT THE ASSIZES HELD AT VICTORIABORG, ACCRA

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CASE SUMMARY

The appellant was tried upon an information containing two counts charging him with offences against section 330 of the Criminal Code of the Gold Coast Colony (Chapter 29). The first count charged the appellant with unlawfully publishing a seditious writing of and concerning the Government of the Gold Coast contrary to section 330(2)(b) of the Criminal Code. The second count charged him with unlawfully having in his possession documents containing seditious writing of and concerning the Government of the Gold Coast contrary to section 330(2)(e). The trial took place before the Chief Justice of the Gold Coast Colony sitting with three assessors.

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DECISION(S) APPEALED AGAINST

The appellant was convicted by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court on both counts, and was sentenced to pay a fine of £50 on the first count and, in default of payment within 14 days, to be imprisoned for three months. No punishment was inflicted on the second count. On appeal to the West African Court of Appeal, the judgment of the trial court was upheld and the appeal dismissed.

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