19771216 TZHC Mwanza
The evidence conclusively proved the offences charged in all three counts; the appellant's explanations were irrational and false.
- Citation
- 19771216 TZHC Mwanza
- Parties
- Appellant: Appellant; Respondent: The Republic
- Court
- TZHC
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 16 December 1977
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Appeal / Final Judgment
- Outcome
- appeal dismissed
- Legal Topics
- Uttering False Document, Attempting to Obtain Goods by False Pretences, Destroying Evidence
- Source Language
- English
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Parties
Appellant
Appellant
The Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Appeal / Final Judgment
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the appellant uttered a false document
- 2 Whether the appellant attempted to obtain goods by false pretences
- 3 Whether the appellant destroyed evidence
Ratio Decidendi
The evidence conclusively proved the offences charged in all three counts; the appellant's explanations were irrational and false.
Court Disposition
appeal dismissed
Orders
- sentences affirmed
- counts one and two to run concurrently but consecutively to count three
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