MBANU NWANYIEKE VS GODFREY MBANU
September 8, 2025GABRIEL ADAOJU WILCOX VS THE QUEEN
September 8, 2025Legalpedia Citation: (1961-10) Legalpedia 89009 (SC)
In the Supreme Court of Nigeria
Holden at Lagos
Mon Oct 30, 1961
Suit Number: SC.243/1961
CORAM
ADEMOLA, CHIEF JUSTICE, NIGERIA
PARTIES
APPELLANTS
RESPONDENTS
AREA(S) OF LAW
CRIMINAL LAW, CORROBORATION, NO CASE SUBMISSIONS, EVIDENCE
SUMMARY OF FACTS
The appellant, in order to secure his professional fees, forged a letter of authorization from his client with which he obtained the client’s money from the court’s registry.
HELD
The court held that the appellant had a case to answer and was rightly convicted and sentenced.
ISSUES
Whether the appellant had a case to answer and whether he was rightly convicted of forgery, uttering and obtaining by false pretenses
RATIONES DECIDENDI
CASES CITED
Welham v. Director of Public Prosecutions, (1961) A.C. 103
STATUTES REFERRED TO
The Criminal Code
