Charles Sterling Acolatse

Charles Acolatse Sterling was a Ghanaian lawyer and jurist. He was a barrister-at-law and later justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana.

Early life and education Charles was born on 27 June 1899 to Chief Joachim Acolatse of Keta in British Togoland (now the Volta Region of Ghana) and Catherine of Togo. At a young age he was adopted by the African Methodist Episcopal Missionaries to study in the United States of America. He studied at Livingstone College, Salisbury, North Carolina and continued at the University of Cambridge, England.

Career Charles was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn on 7 January 1930 and enrolled as a barrister and solicitor by the then Chief Justice of the Gold Coast Colony Sir George Campbell Deane on 29 January 1931. He entered private legal practice and practised for twelve years. On 17 March 1943 he was appointed district magistrate and on 7 January 1952 he was promoted to puisne judge. In 1964 he was appointed Supreme Court Judge. He served in this capacity until his retirement in 1965. He was replaced by Justice G. S. Lassey, who was formerly a jurist of the Cape Coast High Court.