BRUCE v. ATTORNEY-GENERAL [1967] GLR 170-188

Evidence—Admissibility—Traditional evidence—Traditional evidence admissible as exception to hearsay rule.

Evidence—Admissibility—Baptism certificate—Copy of baptism certificate admissible under Order 37, r. 60 of L.N 140A—Trial judge disregarding evidence as to place of birth afforded by baptism certificate—Whether evidence properly disregarded—Rule that registers of baptism no evidence of date or place of birth not to be applied too strictly in Ghana— Supreme [High] Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 1954 (L.N. 140A), Order 37, r. 60.

