[Ruling] Criminal Practice and Procedure - appeal - application for dismissal of an appeal - counsel for the appellant unable to attend court because he was reportedly indisposed - appellant seeking an adjournment of his hearing - State opposing the application and stating that four similar adjournments had been granted previously - State asking the court to dismiss the appeal under section 354(3) of the Criminal Procedure Code

Criminal law - robber with violence contrary to section 296(2) of the Penal Code - accused person convicted and sentenced to death - appeal - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE - appeal - duty of a first appellate court to reconsider the evidence, re-evaluate it afresh and reach its own independent conclusions - EVIDENCE - evidence of a co-accused - accomplice evidence - whether such evidence requires corroboration in order for it to form a basis for a conviction - whether the conviction for robbery with violence could be sustained where there was no evidence to show that the accused had been armed with a dangerous or offensive weapon.

Criminal Practice and Procedure - prosecutor - prosecution of offences under the Weights and Measures Act - Act providing that prosecutions may be done by Inspectors appointed by the Minister under the Act - whether the wording of the Act permits the use of police prosecutors - Weights and Measures Act sections 54, 64

[RULING] - Law of Succession - Application for letters of Administration - Where respondent is served with summons but does not file Replying Affidavit or Grounds of opposition - Where conveyances are as a result fraudulent misrepresentations and non-disclosures - Effect of a revoked grant - Section 53 and 66 of the Law of succession - Rule 49 of the Probate and Administration Rules.

[RULING] Civil Procedure - application for the court to discharge,vary or set aside an injunction - preliminary objection raised to the application on the ground that the motion was defective for failing to state the words which by virtue of Order L rule 15(2) of the Civil Procedure Rules ought to be stated at the foot of every motion and chamber summons - whether there had been a failure to abide by the mandatory provision of procedure which rendered the application incompetent - whether the objector had been prejudiced.

[RULING] Criminal Law-revision-robbery-where the court sentenced the accused to death-whether the sentence is illegal-Penal Code (cap.63), Section 296(1)

[RULING] Appeal-dismissal-where four years have elapsed since the appeal was filed and the appellant has not taken any steps to process the appeal-whether the appeal should be dismissed