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- Citation
- N
- Status
- Judgment
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Court
- TZHC
- Decision
- 1 January 1973
- Posture
- Criminal Appeal / Appellate
- Language
- English
More details
- Court
- TZHC
- Decision
- 1 January 1973
- Posture
- Criminal Appeal / Appellate
- Language
- English
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01
Holding and result
The conviction was upheld as the appellant was caught in the act with stolen property and the sentence was justified given the circumstances, including the appellant's age and first offender status.
Court disposition
appeal dismissed
Orders
- conviction and sentence affirmed
02
Material facts
Parties
Baraka Daudi
Appellant Counsel: Lukas NteiriniThe Republic
RespondentAmounts and remedies
- Value of Stolen Property: Tanzanian Shillings 1,571
- Sentence Duration: months 18
03
Procedural history
Posture
Criminal Appeal / Appellate
04
Questions and positions
Legal issues
- 01
Whether the conviction for theft by servant was proper
- 02
Whether the sentence imposed was justified
Party arguments
- Applicant
- The appellant denied involvement in the alleged and proved theft, offering only bare denials.
- Respondent
- The prosecution relied on evidence from two independent eyewitnesses who caught the appellant and co-accused in flagrante delicto with the stolen property.
05
Court’s reasoning
Legal principles
- 01
Penal Code sections 271 and 265
Conviction based on credible eyewitness testimony and recovery of stolen property in possession of accused is proper.
06
Ratio, limits and disposition
Ratio decidendi
The conviction was upheld as the appellant was caught in the act with stolen property and the sentence was justified given the circumstances, including the appellant's age and first offender status.
Obiter and limits
- The sentence imposed was lenient considering the value of the stolen property and the age of the offenders.
Court disposition
appeal dismissed
- conviction and sentence affirmed
Source and reliance status
TZHC · 1 January 1973
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Judgment text
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TZHC
Judgment· 1 January 1973
I • \* /cc -A . S IN THE HIGH COURT OP TLNZLNIi * •: :••., • • • •• • •• : .tTJEU3i-ii. ,•• • APPELLA.TE JURISDICTION HIGH COURT CRIFflL.I PPEAL NO. 22 0P 1975 ORIGIILL CRII 7ITLL CSE NO 20 O 1973 OF THE DISTPTCT COURT OF RUSHL DISTRICT AT MiUSHA L NIRAIIBO, Esq0, Resident Magistrate BA.RaICt DAUDI ... . . LLPPELL.NT : • (Ofigiñ1Lbcused) • : •versus • TH REPUBLIC . . ,. •0 RESPONDENT (Original Prosecutor)
GKIEITQ 19 ESIIJMO, J. Lilkas ITeicirini, Baraka Daudi and Dominick Fundirehani were, on 1st Toveniber 1973, by W A L0 Miribo, Resident 'Magistrate, as he then was, found guiItr and äonsTiced, of stca1irg I by servant coniira±yto sectidne•27land265 f the Penal Code. Immedate1y thereafter each of thom was sentenced to 18 • m6nth d i•thr±sothCnt, the learftbd 2ësidont Magistrate, as he then was,av'ng, in my vicw rightlr justified himself in that course by the reason of tender ages of tthe convicts who wore unch-.1lewedly alleged o- 27 years old, rspectivcly. ?oreovcr afl th.o, bhre convicts were first offenders and the prQp:cty piovenly sto1 en by them was assertodly valued et thc total sum of onlyJtrs. 15711=. Aggrieved by that decision Bar&ks Daudi, in ray view, now vainly, appeals to this Court agairisb both conviction and sentence. It would appear ifOfl tho record tha the other two convicts wisely, and poacofulJy have th.cjded to serve their somowhat lenient sentneces r1thot any further ado Perusal of the record of the brisj court -which, to no, appears commendable in thoou}rness and clarity, shows very clearly that apoellanb togebnr uith the other two who have not appealed were caught in 'flagrante;de1ict.o' within the kiJtex precinebs carrying bundles of the cloth materials which they had without any colour of right, taken away from tncir employers fc Gory0 In the face of all that fuLanating evidence gi.vn it were, by- two independent eyeiicnc'- flO three accused persons, the appcjlqnt eJ,. r, did was to advance bare denials of any iriveivonent with the alleged and. proved' theft. Admittedly, 0 • • • • q • .,. . 0/2
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