JOLASIMIM ZARIA VS ALHAJI ABDU SMALL
August 15, 2025OKOLUDO CHIBUZO & ORS VS DAVID OKOYE & ORS
August 15, 2025Legalpedia Citation: (1973) Legalpedia (SC) 69149
In the Supreme Court of Nigeria
Fri Jun 15, 1973
Suit Number: SC. 33/1973
CORAM
COKER, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
EMANUEL OBIOMA OGWUEGBU, JSC. JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT (Read the Leading Judgment)
IRIKEFE, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
PARTIES
MOHAMMED WAL DUNGUS APPELLANTS
RESPONDENTS
AREA(S) OF LAW
SUMMARY OF FACTS
On the 9th day of September, 1971, at the Bornu Upper Area Court No. 2, the appellant was convicted of the offence of receiving thirteen heads of stolen cattle knowing them to have been stolen. His appeal to the Maiduguri High Court against the conviction was dismissed on 22nd November, 1972. He now appealed to the Supreme court.
HELD
The Supreme Court held that even without the evidence of the amount which the appellant paid for the cattle, there still remained credible, abundant and weighty evidence from which the trial court could infer, and rightly inferred, that the appellant bought the thirteen heads of cattle knowing them to have been stolen.
ISSUES
None
RATIONES DECIDENDI
IF AN ACCUSSED PERSON CAN BE COMPELLED TO GIVE EVIDENCE
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EFFECT OF JUDGE NOT WARNING ACCUSED PERSON OF RIGHT NOT TO BE COMPELLED TO GIVE EVIDENCE
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CASES CITED
None
STATUTES REFERRED TO
The Criminal Procedure Code
