Court: Supreme Court of Ghana
Year: 1961
Principle(s): Cheating is not stealing, which is crime. (cheating is not). Cheating may be a public wrong, but still not a crime. Cheating may also be morally objectionable, but that alone does not make it a crime.
Court: Supreme Court
Year: 1997-98
Principle(s): Defaulting on repaying a debt is not a criminal offence, merely a breach of contract and the remedy lies in a civil suit; Police are not debt-collectors; A person cannot be arrested in place of another (e.g Arrest a son for the father's crime)
Court: Supreme Court of Ghana
Year: 1999-2000
Principle(s): Crimes as offences against the state; divisions of crime;