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JUDGMENT
JUDGMENT
Accused persons were presented before the court on the charges of Act tending to disturb the peace in public place contrary to section 298 of the Criminal Offences Act 1960, Act
29. And Assault contrary to Section 84 of the Criminal Offences Act 1960, Act 29. All the accused persons pleaded not guilty to the two charges thereby necessitating a full scale trial.
The case for the prosecution was that A1, Nana Asamoah Korang III is a farmer and the chief of Akyem Abodom. A2, Moses Yembelembe is a teacher by profession, A3, Afia Asantewaa and A4, Linda Amoakoa are traders. All accused persons live at Akyem Abodom. 0n or about the 28/01/2023 at 5:00pm, A1 had an information that one C.K. from Akyem Oda attended the late Kojo Boi’s funeral ceremony at Akyem Abodom and made an announcement to the effect that, A1 was not the chief of Akyem Abodom. On receipt of this information, A1 and A3 went to one Thomas Nsare’s family house at Akyem
Abodom where the relatives of the late Kojo Boi were having a discussion including A2. A1 looked through the people and came out of the house without uttering a word. People who gathered around including A4 hooted at A1 and A3. This brought a quarrel between A3 and A4 and they fought. In the process, A3 and A4 sustained bruises on their respective bodies. A2 went and held A3 and A1 upon seeing that, rushed to the scene and fought with A2. People went and separated all the accused persons. The above- mentioned accused persons respectively reported the case to the New Abirem Police and medical forms were issued to them to attend hospital. On 30/01/2023, Police and all the accused persons visited the scene of crime and found out that the incident took place at an open space near the Information centre. Photographs of the scene of crime were taken and after investigations, all the accused persons were charged and arraigned before this honorable court.
The defense of the first Accused (A1) was that, on the 27/01/2023 at about 1700 hours he was on board a tricycle popularly known as Pragia coming to Abodom from Akyem Afosu and received information from one Kujo on mobile phone that a certain elderly man from Akim Oda has made an announcement at a funeral ceremony of the late Kojo Boi at Abodom that he Nana is not the chief of Abodom, that one Thomas Nsare was the substantive chief and that people should hail him. As soon as he arrived at Abodom, he went to Thomas Nsare’s house after he went to the funeral ground to find ou