19751203 TZCA Dar es Salaam
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- 19751203 TZCA Dar es Salaam
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- TZCA
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- Tanzania
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- 3 December 1975
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- en
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11'1 ':l:[J HI','.i~ r;cu.~i:c CL· 1.1. AT D.t,.:l BS SAT.,~,.·: l ..• ,.r:}1-~ ~ 1 1...J ~/--V, &,'! ..h I rL .:-<". j___) LI I. TI-A.I'_: JU" 'I ..,DJC.21 . t". cJC>. ·:T ::~?rr:11-~·- I . _;:;AI 1?0. 4/:f 5 etrn1. ;~62/7 4 C!tIJ'· II~.!~T 011.S ECO 556 OE' 1974 O? rr:::~ :ur· :_ri:;.TCT C(U (i: Bofore I .h.:N. J=ISUNGUJILL ·Jsq_. • • • • • • • ,e./1-:ii:.G] ·TH.i~.T ... 1 • ;: UFIY, SOJ Lrl.I .. . . O O • • e • 0 e 2. rm·Arr. ynsuru vorsu.s • JUDGElTS;NT ,,_,__~,....~-· ·----=-~-.,. ., ., . . . . . ., ~-----•~"' Before tho ··:istrict Court of Vibeye. the rrosent two gp1x::ll~-:',nts 1 ton:ethsr with one Idiris~. , 0}12..nod 1 ·v:cro chc:'cr,..,,od and convicted of .'?.obbory with violence 2.ncl c2.cb. was sontoncod to three yesrs inprison□ont. Out of the three, two 2ro appealin~ to this court n_,-,:ainst thG convictj_on:J - thoy gr'o Iseail Yu.sufu who w2s ori,~innlly 2nd accused and .::ufi1:r~ Go:onni who wc,s ori.,,.ino.lly 3rcI accused. Tho particul2.rs of the offonce c.llc~e ·thnt tho above □entionod throe accused persons Jointly and to~ethGr on the 12th day of Cctober 9 1974 1 at about 23.30 hours at J\Tonde 13troet within the township, District and '.o,r:::ion of Lboya 9 did steal cash shs. 150/- fro□ one Sedeki2 s/o Lazaro and et or ir:1r:1edi2.toly before or iDlJ.Gdic~tely aftor tho tine of such stealin~, did use personal violence to tho said Sedekia s/o f Iazaro in order to obtc.in or ret,, :Ln tho sz.ticl cnsh or to prevent ovorco □c resistance to its be:in~ stolon or retained. The first accused elected not to appeal but the rcrminin~ 1 2nd and third accu.sod 9 havo now 2.pr,oaled to this court. In their neD.orandan of apreals they said th2.t the learned trial '.Jenior I'.c\.c:'istrnte b2,sod his findin,f"I'. only on tho evi.denco of the conple,inant (f.W.3) Gnd erred in convictin-, the appallsnts without a proper idantific~tion parade~ They said " that the trial Larr,if::1tr2to ou,rrht to hc::.vo bolievacl tho evidence of thG appellants Emd should have founcl then not ri_:uilty. Hone of then appeared in ,cm.:i.x•t dnrin,-'.; tho he::,rinc: of this npr:cal. c/ r"I 1.ho learned State Attorney concodod th2t he was a bit u.ne::o sy o.bout the conviction of tho 3rd ;::.ccused, that is 1 . · ufika Sonani because the conplr.dnant fnilod to identify hir:i at the ideri.tification parade 1 [;,nd he di.d not sup:·ort th3 conviction nn:2.inst :::ufiko.. Sonani. Eo said 2.s far o.s the fj_rst 2.ppclL,nt is concerned y tl1c::d:; 1;3, ori.r;inally 2nd 2,ccu.s0d ( Isnail .. ,.usu.fr·) there was enoui'•;h avid.once to support the conviction e.nd he ':las correctly ar.1d s2.tiEif2~ctorily identified by tho cm:iplainant :::d; the idontifice,tion parade 2nd the ap;:ea1 should be disallowed. ~ I h2.ve ..,,.one throu~h the record c~::rofully and I concur the sub1:1issions :oe.de by the lec,:rned ··tate Attorney. Indeed 9 2 Zufik~ So □~ni was not idontifiod 2t the identification p~rad0 b;y tbo conp1c.inr'.nt c:nd boriiclos th2,t tbc:;:'c .is vory 1i ttle ovidencc to cm·mcct 'ufikL ;::;crnmi with the o?. cncc of Robbory with violence. I"or. tbose rcusorw t}1c 2<,l'"\ ::::r:J of · ufika Cio22.ni is allowed 9 tho cpnviction is q·uo.shod :~.nc7. ··.he scmtcmco inposod on :i;ufik:: Som'-':.n:L is r:Jet f:!.si6. o. /incl it is ordered that ?,ufik& 3on2-ni i,s to b:C set frco forthwith unloGs othor,'fiso lor,ally ha1d. J-,_s f8-r c::~s tho ori.r::im:,lly second :::c,.:usod ~ Is1,1::-::,il Yusufu, is concorned there is ample ovidonce on record includin~ correct idontific:::.tion nt tho ic7.011ti:fic2,tion rcrr:ck :::nd I see nothin,:i: wron:-,· in the learned IIai~istrr'..tc '::; findir1,n;, z,r.,,'.urwnts and reasoninr-: o.s 0.:'7?-i:ast this accusc:d. --~hGrc is nothin,-;; in record 9 judr;r-~ont or r:ior1or2ndun of :.'..L cal of Irn:it,il Yusufu thnt will nake no roverso tho lower ccul't 's :fL:.:'~in,r;;. I'or th,:;so reasons tho c~r,pe,,cl of Iwiail Yusufu is disallowed and disDissod in its entirety. ,elivurocl in court this 3rd. day o:f Doconber, 1975 in pre- sence of Lr. T::J,:cty&. ,J • }J. 1~.h.-'1:EJ ~JlTiJf.'-~E