19770608 TZHC Dodoma1

IN THE HIGH COUx.T OF Ti:J~-T? L!·I.A _,. N!' J)O DO? ~A - APPJJLLf~TB. JlhI:JDICTICN HIGH COURT CRr Il\f.Ui .AP?'fii.i\L NO. 1 of 19'77\ ORIG II-JAL CRII.INAL CASE NO. 60 OF 1 976 • OF TH:;J DIST}UCT COURT OF I'lJJ~iHmf - JH:JT.1~.ICT AR EAFINGA • BEF0 1.·'.-~:- :S.J. I'NAKIBETE, • • • 1 D!ST;JICT J\M!·IST.8.ATE. . ALOYS S/0 8 ,~;LEJ ._ii.NI .. • • • · Appc.:lJ.ani; ., (O_rie:;i~l Lccuscd) v0rsus THE RBPUBLIC •• • .. . • 0 • ••• R:..:spc-ndunt (Ori:e;inal Prc,sccut.or) CHLRGE:- 1st c,_,unt ;- Buri::;lary c/s 294 (·1) of th1;.; p .c .. 2nd ccunt;- Stualing c/s 265 (.)f the Punal Codo. LJ u D G n_~ N T./ CHIPETA. J. B;;;,fcro Tlufindi district court at 118,finca, tho appe,lla.nt, Aloys S,:.-'L:mani, was charged with the· ,iff,-:Jnc0s of burglary and st'...:a.ling c/ss 294(1) and 265 c•f th8 Penal Codl3, 1~;Jspoctiv··-.ly. The trial court howuv-::r ccnvict(:d the appellant of th~ offence cf receiving stol~m property ·· c7s 311 ( 1 ) of tho Penal Cocle aftor it was r:f tho vi,~w that • the charges 0f burr;lary and stealing he.cl not b':l•Sn prov:,<l. The appE:illant was then cnly sr;ntencod to thr:-:·8 ye::B.rs ,, ~."""' irnprisonmE.:n.t und;;r th,J Minimum Sentences Act. Hi:-J now appeals. The prosGcu·dcn' s ·~vid,;,,nce 0stablishf'Jd that the hnuse of thF; ccnplai:riant w.:o,.s broken into on an u11knowr.\) date and at an unknown tir.10 b,3tw ,,:m 10th January, 1 976 and 24th, • . .- January, 1976, while tho complainant was r-?nand(:':d ~~:1l·<;:usto'9-y;,,,~ Amcng th-3 articl,,o stolcm thcrcfrnn wr,re a raclio, a pair· 6f plicrs 9 a saw, a plano, and some focdstu.ffs. On 22/2/76 0n0 Jossph Mbcdule (:;,. ;,; • 2) who is a cell loader of tho appellant,· rec(;iVE:d infor1i12.tir..m thctt ·:;here w,~r6 stolon articLJs in the house e,f the appellant. P.\1 .2 wnr1t to the appellant's hous0 to investigate, but on sc::eing P.1J.2, the appellant ran away, leaving behind [rnm:-s 1-riaize which he had been selling. That rnade P'. H. 2 ev .:.n 1-:iore suspicious, and so ho w3nt to report to police. On the sarne cfa.y, a polics c?ficer {I'. W. 3) armed with a S'-',e.rch wa.rrant, searched the appellci.nt' s h,.:.,use in the presencE: cf :-2. 1d.2, and a ccncubine cf the 2,}?l,lella.i."lt (P.\,;.4). The appellant, however, wr::.s net ~Jr~.rn8nt. In tho appellant 1 s house wore found a radio, a. pair of pliers, a brolrnn saw, and other articles, Hhich the conpla.inant subsoquelltly id~ntifi~d to h~ sc□ 0 of this stolun property. In his duf ..;ncu -t.h<J e,pp0llant d:_-·:rii'.:,d tho charfe s.nd said th2.t r·n the 0.:J.y in quostion he loclrnd his hnuse and ·. wont en snfari. Hr1 d,:mie:d havir(~ bt?3n fc•und in possession cf thG radio and otl'kr articldS of th~ conplainc.r:d:;. A:f't,:.::r roviowinp: the svidence, tlir::, le?.rne;d trial district D[;,.~.:istr~t:3 f 01.;_nd as a fact that the cnr11)lair12nt 1 s stolen articL,)S W-.H''G f(.und in thG pOSSGSsir-n of :;:;hu appellant. H2.ving l":JvicliTGd the :Jvichnc8, I :_..,_111 q1?-,":l.rly of the viE-W that th8ro was DI,1plc cvid.mco 1')roving tb.2-,t the nppollant was found in constructiv·e poss2Ewion cf th,::,: r::0Ppl0.ip.nnt' s · .,.;.,,-stol,311 :rn:-cperty; ~md th?.Lt in the circuv1st::n.c :D it w,:1_s rr 0 . ~· -··, ,:.:.::-::1 :penscnnble inference th~=.t tho appallant w0,s a c-uil ty rr-3cciver. ,,.. • ... /2 . --, ."'-l~-.. . . ~ -. -=-.,.a:i,\ .... _ . . .. ·• ,-+-. - +t-'- ·• 2 ·rhe s.:mtcnce 'is the statutory nininun. · On thsse crc1:1: ncls, ·I a; rc1.0 ·with the.: l;_ :,rnrJd _ . st-ate attorn,Jy -~hat the al)l1oal nust fail. It is accordingly disnisssd in its entirety. ,. Delivered in cpt;n Court at Dodono, this 8th dgy of June, 1 977.