19700427 TZCA Dar es Salaam2

Criminal Appet:1 no. 17! of 1970 (Originu.l Criminal C&ee Ro. 87 of' 1969 of the 1Jistriot Court of Ulmne;a :Otntrict at Mahenn;e}. veraun '!'HE !lt-:1.,l.HH,IG • ., ......... Hi.'$SPONDEJJ•r Cf! 'JW:l5t 1:-;"t Co1mt: Thtd:t by }JiJ.blio ae:.rvm; t, c/ o 270 um1 265 ,(if the FeJHil Code .. 2nd Ooun-t: '.l'haft, o/s 265 of.' the Penal Code .. 31."d Cowitt T.hof1; by _puhlio i.mrvant c/,:; 270 lind. 265 of th.a I'em,.l (;ode• 4th Gountt Theft c/s 265 of tho h:m.Hl Ood.e .. 5th Coun:t, rl'h;;if't by ;;mbl1o fJ,:)1~v11nt o/n 27() d1d :265 of th<1 Penal Cod{). ' Ii't11YN, ,1. The {.q>1,ollt1nt who c>t; 'tho 1:1. terhil time H1.m fl ,.J.tit-icial o1'fi(H.'.lt> in th(:l employ of the J\1.dici ..u·:l, w_,1.3 oonvicteu in tho Dictrict Cour·t of 1Jlw1:_;a of off'onoca of oto:~1. ing by tt 1-;1.i.hli<; t.KH'vun't, oontr:..,ry to aection$ 26; und c.70 of -the Penal Code and wap 1;;mnteno1-;d to c- totul period. of i,wo yetu·u impriGonmen1, c..nd to :receiv~ twenty-four strckui:i of cor,por,:.,l puntbhme.lit. He tlON desir1:·n:1 to appeal ~guins"t, such c;onvichtJ!W o.n,l oorrtenoee. .Phe t!,H10 wan carE1fully triod by the '.Di.otri<)t .Mat;iotn:te and a leugtn,y 1 judg111t~ni. w~s wri ttc:n in which th.a Court deHl t :with ell thti evid-om:e bef oro· i~. ln the first pi,rt of hia Peti tio.n of /,.pper.il, tho aoGueod dr-uwn thG i::itte.ntioti of thi:3 Court to the f'.ct t.ht\t the oviuo11ce on tho ; i'.t•at Count w,ui t.1,omowhat oon.i.rt\dictor.';", aa some, 16:f'. j.;tht:'¼ ...·wi;t;not:llatHJ ref er:rec:L to Ci □ um of H!Ht..- 15/- HB hi.iving beon iht1 t.mount which th0 nppellt.nt ru(;~ived in u .tette.t'. i.o the rorer;t Gffh;er, w.hil<3 others thou~ht t,w. t tbe t.mo,~nt Wtts Shs. 10/- only. The ctpy;elltmt cl·.,imf: that the tri,~l .m,"'gb11tr.i.tto should .i:u.ve :fou.m.t thut thu wit.nesmni woro lying to the Court and Bhould there.fore htnre :rejeotec1 tho wl1,,l~1 of the (niid.e.nce in l't,Sp,.,;o·t of "this Got.mt. Uhat the roitgi,.;-hwi;e h-.,13 d.ontl ii, tc, cons:d.d,1:rr tt.vJ ditferlJ).t1Gee in tho evidence o:f the v1.::rio1.v; wit.tHHrn1es on this one point. !le f'ou.tht thut .,.uch differerwes were 1rrobably the re milt of mere foi·e:et ult1,HHJ w_itl :1oi of die.h.Jt1E;,a1:y fmd tha.t !Hl coulr.l thqrof'or·e trnJ\ .ly :rely on the romai--ni.ng evidence of these witncssoa (which did not conflict in any wu,y) as being reliable. The ¼Ceu11:1<0d. h1.~a uompl~1irt~d tht.t, when. th¢ .Police toe,k hi.a Gmsll l',od 1 they .mi!.l,'h t htiV<:i romcrvtHl money from it d11d thi.ls h>ctve luid the •my open. to the i'n.ming of the aeoond Count of the tla~:i•t o:f t:iho~ f.39/65 by th.e accunod .• This content.ion tho t:rLtl inagisti-ato also dei:.l t with and e~.mined the <'JViderice before him. He Cf~.me to the conolurjion that the question :roallf b~ter.e him wUh regard to aruo.b coi:1te.nticm WtH:1 th,, wtu:::Nab(}u.t.~ ot' the key to tho bo:r., {iwh:ioh wr~a loeki:l!d) nn.d. 11(, f 01.:mu i;lu1;1s tt wow.tt net b♦:ive been pot1si,ble f'<u.~ tho pr..ilim~ to h,,we t~oted in t~tach ma.nnR.f. trn Ute appellunt .JuggeetetL. In respect of. the third Count of tile tht::ft by the aooused of She. 20/- 1,;hic appears to hiAVE't befm oloarly pro\l'ed by the l)rooeoution Ul'l:d tllo m~gisi:-rtd:r, found H1~t the evidence before him fully auppor1:ad tf1$ Ooun,t. fh~tc we.ria som~ I-rd.no!' diooropun.oie~ in the evillence whioh thtl mngistrt1te fatm~- ttore of no mt-terinl imr.,o:rtsn ·e to the findine of guilty- on this pfLrt of 1:;he Ctt:;i rto .. - .... -~-~ T -.,_, . ., - - - - - ~ . - ..... J!I., ,J1AI ffl.fflce• tHt11'01.'t'! the lot1n,-r (foart l.er,ti,Ht no rErnso.t1able doubt an to tho gt.±1 t of th& aeeuaed, and 'th,l.t t,h-& lip!)cH::1 is id. t1wu't su.b0tunoe., '11'n.rr.1ing nt:Hf to the ~enta:.ic;es impo J~,t, t.ho trL'.\l Court ht;s impoaetl n ~a:ntence o:f' six m.on.tho imprisonm$ll t on. thm first Coutlti two ye.arc and twen:ty-:fou.r strokes ot: corpo1~a1 p1,mlahm.c11t in l'.',H1,pe,ct of tha second Count ru1d o similtt~ oentenoe in tllo third Count, orderi11n t,1",it al.l aut!h aentonoes rur1 et1neur:,1,~rrt1~~~- ~~}lir,,; awde of' ~tmt~4oinl$ le... ve.$ 001i1<1 ..d1ing to be deoired, tiO it iG olce,:t'lly i1t1po1;1sible foe a !,eteou to Nooi:ve two lots ◊f tw1:m.ty-fcur t:1t:flcok,HJ of corporal puni i:ghm.ttn t 'ooti.c 1,u,"rontly' • The co.1.•rtio t nwde of 1:1en:tie.nc.iing :te to ord.(l:t' o:n tlle s~cond Count th.at. . tho aooueod sh,111 t.erve t't sen.tenr~e of two 3ear.ts imprtt1orut1i':.U t JJ!'.ld ,.m<l{', ra·o 'h'10:1'ty-:,:•oar 1rt:rok1a s of o-0rpo~ul pt.1.ni r.:.hrn""nt 1 r1hU,(l oh the third. f~om,t s..;;nte11ce is one r.1:f. tw,e jC.:.rc imp:r1acmm-un-l, without OOl'pON1l, purti,:Ghmient., ~11 seutenC€it! of imp:rison.a1or.rt r~main,e oonou.r.1.·entl;y. I connf:HfU~t1tl;y va~ i~h.e oentennaii impotied by th.a trial Court to make them cor.forra the normal · mathod of oi,d.e,rin~ au.ch puniehmont::;; r.mcd1 ord.ar will not ot' cturlH~ huve Mf effec't; on th.t➔ to·tal lJUtiiehmen.t which the t.ippolJ.,illt ia to u.."ldere;o. After -x,eu.ding the r~oo ti this Gour·t is a~tioi'ied thut the ,.1.ppf.n,l hns been lotlevd W'i'tiwu:t nny BUf'fioh)rl't ground. ol oom1Jlni11t 1:;nd (01.;.ve fo;;' the ve,riu-tiofl. in the torm of se:nience whit:Jh I huve no~:~)d ubove) I ocmEO(J:uen.tly orda1.~ that it lil.i' fo thwith au.m.mtr.il;y x,aj(~oted~ lb!' ea f:.;,.::liklil. 2.7 t .• J,pril, 1970. r