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Aladesuru v The Queen

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JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1955
Year1955
Date1955
CourtPrivy Council
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19 cases
  • Attorney General for Jersey v Edmond-O'Brien
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • 22 March 2006
    ...the establishment of the Court of Appeal in Jersey in which a verdict of the Jurats had been set aside solely on this ground. In Aladesuru v The Queen [1956] AC 49, 54-55 Lord Tucker, speaking of a Nigerian statute in similar terms to the Jersey La, said that it conferred only the right to?......
  • Goh Ah Too v R
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • Invalid date
  • Douglas (Eaton) v R
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 8 October 2001
    ...the weight of the evidence. The verdict must be so against the weight of the evidence as to 4 be unreasonable or insupportable - see Aladesuru v R (1956) A.C. 49; 39 Cr. App. R. 184. It is even not sufficient merely to show that the case against the appellant was a weak one: R v McNair (19......
  • Chamberlain v R
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • Invalid date
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3 books & journal articles
  • Cases referred to in 1965
    • Nigeria
    • DSC Publications Online Nigerian Supreme Court Cases. 1965 Preliminary Sections
    • 11 November 2022
    ...91 Agbeyegbe v. Ikomi 12 W.A.C.A. 383, 386 (P C) ............................................ 16 Aladesuru v. The Queen (1956) A C 49 ........................................................... 1 66 Amachree v. Kalio (1914) 2 N.L.R. 108. ...........................................................
  • Cases referred to in 1963
    • Nigeria
    • DSC Publications Online Nigerian Supreme Court Cases. 1963 Preliminary Sections
    • 11 November 2022
    ...5 F.S.C. 192, 199. 29 Akpan Awo v. Cookey Gam 2 N.L.R. 100 277 Allen v. Allen and Bell (1894) P. 248, 252. 272 Aladesuru v. The Queen (1956) A C 49 10 Ambrosini v. Allen 8 N.L.R. 24, 9 N.L.R. 8 (Privy Council) sub nom. Ambrosini v. Tiko & Anor 55 Anu v. I.G. of Police 3 F S C 34 216 Askew v......
  • ENITAN & ORS. V. THE STATE
    • Nigeria
    • DSC Publications Online Nigerian Supreme Court Cases. 1986. Part II Cases reported in 1986 Part II
    • 23 November 2022
    ...However, such evidence should be suspiciously regarded. CASES REFERRED TO IN JUDGMENT: 45 1. Samuel Aladesuru & Ors. v. The Queen (1955) 3 W.L.R. 515 (1956) A.C. 49. 2. R. v. Akinpelu Ajani & Ors (1936) 5 W.A.C.A. 3. 3. Badmos v. C.O.P. (1948) 12 W.A.C.A. 361. 4. Rex v. Ume & 2 Ors. Re Egej......

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