Mohamed Musa v Reginam
1960s · Court of Appeal of Sierra Leone, Ames Ag P
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- Facts
- The told the authorities that he and others would not pay local tax until their chiefdom was separated.
- Issue
- Was this incitement of others not to pay tax?
- Held
- No. There was no evidence of a communication to anyone he wished to incite; stating one's own intention is not incitement. The was quashed.
- Principle
- Incitement requires a communication that reaches the person incited.
- Why it matters
- The leading local case on incitement.
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