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…He does not say in which trafficcase and the result of the prosecution.…

…Their petitions of appeal, filed on the July 23, 1984, each contained lengthy grounds, but in particular attacked their respective identifications by the prosecution witnesses, upon which of course, their convictions mainly…

…and liable to pay to the person or persons aggrieved by the removal three times the value of the goods, chattels, stock or crops so removed, in addition to any costs incurred by the person or persons so aggrieved in the prosecution…

…O XV1 deals with the prosecution of suits and adjournments. O XV1 rule 4, is instructive. On 9th May, 1989, the suit came for trial. An application for adjournment was made on behalf of the plaintiff, and, was granted.…

…By the bringing of the application to substitute the plaintiff it was made clear both to the Court and the defendant that the estate of the deceased plaintiff was desirous of continuing the prosecution of the cause of action…

…The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (Vol II) offers several definitions of ‘suit’, one of which is: “pursuit, prosecution, legal process.”…

…That would perfectly be a valid defence to a criminal charge, for the prosecution would be duty-bound to prove beyond any reasonable doubt that it was D.W.1 who was in charge of the Ferry at the time of the accident.…

…evidence but that apparently the judge did not take into account the effect of the words “account closed’ which appeared on all the cheques which words were defamatory of the appellant and would have subjected him to criminal prosecution…

…“for want of prosecution”.…

…The result of the decision of the village elders in 1947 and that of the Lurambi Court and Ayub’s successful prosecution in 1958 for trespassing on the 1st respondent’s land was that as between Ayub and the 1st respondent…

…It is possible that, since an assault was express mention of criminal responsibility in the pleadings, that the learned judge thought the case should be treated in the same way as a criminal prosecution.…

…When the insurers got the letter from police on June 18, they could have asked for the notice of prosecution and the summons if they had wanted them.…

…This Court has, in several cases dealing with customary law in criminal cases, decided that where the prosecution relies on a local custom then that local custom must be proved by witnesses called by the prosecution, and…