AWOTWE  v. THE STATE [1967]  GLR 366-371

Criminal law and procedure—Jury trial—Lack of unanimity—Capital offence—At trial for murder jury returning after summing-up to state they were divided 5-2  in  favour  of  prosecution—Whether it was open to judge to require them to retire for further consideration—Criminal Procedure Code, 1960 (Act 30), s. 282 (1).

Criminal law and procedure—Jury trial—Lack of unanimity—Non-capital offence—Jury returning after retirement announcing lack of unanimity but not their verdict—Circumstances in which judge could send them back for further deliberations—Circumstances in which judge bound to receive verdict.

