SAM v. THE STATE [1967] GLR 283-290

Criminal law and procedure—Stealing—Corpse—Statutory provisions for stealing “anything whether living or dead" and depriving person of their "interest in a thing"—Prohibition of removal of corpse from grave without permission of minister—Abundant evidence showing that in Ghana relatives do not abandon corpse—Whether local authorities and relatives interested in corpse—Whether a corpse is capable of being stolen—Criminal Code, 1960 (Act 29), ss. 122 (2) and 123—Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1965 (Act 301), S. 27 (7).

Criminal law and procedure—Human skull—Ownership—Whether ownership of human skull vested in dead body.

