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• CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE - GUILT OF AN ACCUSED PERSON - Duty of the prosecution and the Court in proving the guilt of an accused person

  "The appellant, in the instant case, was charged with four offences, conspiracy to commit an offence, armed robbery and attempted armed robbery. They all require to be proved beyond reasonable…

• INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE - SECTION 276 OF THE 1979 CONSTITUTION - Interpretation of section 276 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as regards the vesting of the land in the territory of the state in the military governor

  "The Section reads in full: "276(1) Without prejudice to the generality of Section 274 of this Constitution any property, right, privilege, liability or obligation which immediately before the date when…

• EVIDENCE - Burden of Proof or Onus of Proof - On whom lies the burden of proving the boundary of the land in dispute

  "They woefully failed to discharge the onus which rested on them, the suit being one for declaration of title. Part of the duty they had to discharge to succeed was…

• JUSTICE - Administration of Justice - Guiding principles in the administration of justice

  "We are of course not oblivious of the rules of principle involved and the case of Regina v. Smith is no less an authority on the principles of intervention on…

• EVIDENCE - BURDEN OF PROOF/STANDARD OF PROOF - Burden and standard of proof in criminal cases; whether doubt in the case of the prosecution should be resolved in favour of the accused

  "The law is quite well settled that while the prosecution has the burden of proving the guilt of an accused person beyond reasonable doubt, it is equally trite that any…