The Weekly Law Reports
[1966] 3 WLR 23
[QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION]
REGINA v. GOVERNOR OF BRIXTON PRISON AND ANOTHER, Ex Parte ARMAH
1966 June 7,
8,
10
EDMUND DAVIES, FENTON ATKINSON and LYELL JJ.
Fugitive Offender
— Application of Act
— Ghana
— Republic constituted in 1960
— Suspension of Constitution following coup d'état in 1966
— Whether Act applies to Constitution of 1966
—
Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881 (44 & 45 Vict. c. 69), s. 2
—
Ghana (Consequential Provision) Act, 1960 (8 & 9 Eliz. 2, c. 41), s. 1 (1).
Fugitive Offender
— Jurisdiction
— “Unjust or oppressive”
— Whether “unjust or oppressive” to return fugitive
— Undertaking to eliminate injustice and oppression
— Whether court to be influenced by undertaking
—
Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881, s. 10.
Fugitive Offender
— Evidence
— Deposition
— “Strong or probable presumption” that fugitive committed offence
— Prima facie case
— Authenticated sworn statements taken by magistrate in Ghana
— Whether “depositions” for purposes of Act
—
Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881, ss. 29, 39.
Ghana
— Status
— Constitution of 1960
— Suspension in 1966
— Whether “part of Her Majesty's dominions” for purposes of Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881
— Whether Act applies to Constitution of 1966
—
Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881, s. 2
—
Ghana (Consequential Provision) Act, 1960, s. 1 (1).