BRUCE-KONUAH v. THE REPUBLIC [1967] GLR 611-617

Criminal law and procedure—Material witness—Failure to call—Circumstances in which trial judge should exercise his discretion to call witness in order to ascertain the truth—Whether failure to call witness vitiates conviction.

Criminal law and procedure—Assault—Conviction for assault and battery—Accused admitting assault without battery—Whether conviction for assault can stand—Meaning of  “assault”—Criminal Code, 1960 (Act 29), ss. 85 and 87 (b).   

