Oguntade, JSC while allowing the appeal in Cyriacus Ogidi v. State Ors. (2005) LPELR-2303 (A)…
It is trite law that where, as in the present case, no direct evidence of…
Lord Hewart, Lord Chief Justice of England observed in P. L. Taylor & Ors. v.
In Majekodunmi v. The Queen 14 W.A.C.A. 64. Foster-Sutton P. (as he then was), dealing
The ascription of these injuries to the application of a stick, which was not produced,…
What is a heavy blow? Was it a heavy blow with a fist, a plank,…
In Adamu v. Kano Native Authority (1956) 1 F.S.C. 25 (1956) SCNLR 65 the Federal…
Speaking of circumstantial evidence, Lord Heward, CJ, said, inter alia: “… but circumstantial evidence is
In R v. Teper (1952) AC 480 at 489, it was held: “Circumstantial evidence may
Pius Nweke v. The State (2001) 84 LRCN 482 at 506, was held: “To secure
“Under our criminal jurisprudence, circumstantial evidence is defined as evidence of surrounding circumstances which by…
It is conceded that circumstantial evidence is very often the best evidence. It is said…
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