Kenny v The State

Supreme Court of Sierra Leone, 28 April 1983

This was an appeal against conviction for fraudulent conversion under s 20(1)(iv)(a) of the Larceny Act 1916. The Supreme Court reviewed the key ingredients of the offence of fraudulent conversion and found that a person’s acts may provide evidence of fraudulent and dishonest intent. In this case, the trial judge’s failure to make a specific finding of fraudulent intent did not result in a miscarriage of justice. Reported by Victoria Strasser-King and Anthony P Kinnear.

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