Executions In Ghana
(N.Z.P. A. -Reuter—Copyright) ACCRA, May 9. Two young Army lieutenants found guilty of leading an unsuccessful coup last month were executed by a firing squad today before a crowd of about 20,000 Ghanaians.
Members of the public were allowed to watch the executions, at a military firing range, from a special enclosure.
The two officers were Lieutenant Sam Arthur, aged 26, confessed leader of the abortive April 17 coup, and Lieutenant Moses Yeboah, aged 27, found guilty of killing Lieutenant-General Emmanuel Kotoka, the armed forces commander.
.Urgent Justice.—A system to allow High Court judges to hear cases of great urgency at their homes on Saturdays and Sundays has just been set up by Britain’s Lord Chief Justice, Lord Parker.—London, May 9.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31365, 10 May 1967, Page 19
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