Wallace-Johnson v The King

Subject Matter

CRIME — West africa (gold coast) — Criminal law — Sedition — Newspaper article — Seditious intention — Incitement to violence not a necessary ingredient of crime of sedition — Extrinsic evidence of intention not essential — Criminal Code (Gold Coast), c. 29, s. 330, sub-s. 2 (b), (e), sub-s. 8 (now s. 326, sub-s. 2 (b), (e), sub-s. 8, of the Criminal Code, 1936 Revision, c. 9) — Construction.