AMADU FULANI v. THE REPUBLIC [1968] GLR  66-78

Criminal law and procedure—Trial—Summary or on indictment—Correlation between gravity of offence and mode of trial and punishment—Criminal Procedure Code, 1960 (Act 30), ss. 2, 178 (2) and 300—Pharmacy and Drugs Act, 1961 (Act 64), s. 57 (2)—Exchange Control Act, 1961 (Act 71), Sched. IV, paras. 7 and 8.

Criminal law and procedure—Sentencing—Jurisdiction—Trial by circuit or High Court—Difference between summary trial and trial on indictment—Whether nature of punishment dependent on mode of trial—Act 30, s. 178—Courts Decree, 1966 (N.L.C.D. 84), para. 56.