Regina v Loshak
1960s · High Court (then Supreme Court) of Sierra Leone, Marcus-Jones J
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- Facts
- A foreign journalist cabled reports to a London newspaper about a warrant issued against an opposition politician, quoting local articles.
- Issue
- Were the cablegrams seditious?
- Held
- Yes on the sedition counts. Seditious intention may be gathered from the publication as a whole and its surroundings. He was of the false news counts.
- Principle
- Seditious intention is inferred from the document and its context.
- Why it matters
- Historical: seditious under Part V was repealed in 2020.
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