19771123 TZHC Mwanza 1
4'/c— LSfrv' }IE CCTT?. OF '2 iT7'NIt i?ELILTi Jii: 3DICmION IjS.a Ci.T CRii:01L I :f L iTO 301 OF 1977 CF 111 COT':T CpTT:T; L .L:L': . I FO.322 CF 1977 o. C i, C. ..1 "0 107 0± 1977 L LLT JOT CC T 01 U .i' 0 1' T 'GU - iJ I i i 1 UiTiBL, E59 i).,. J.'...i.. I V1 - Tc'flD m m L'IrJ.2.,I.LU..LJA •T ( -T -r 1- : - --...
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- 19771123 TZHC Mwanza 1
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- Tanzania
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- 23 November 1977
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4'/c— LSfrv' }IE CCTT?. OF '2 iT7'NIt i?ELILTi Jii: 3DICmION IjS.a Ci.T CRii:01L I :f L iTO 301 OF 1977 CF 111 COT':T CpTT:T; L .L:L': . I FO.322 CF 1977 o. C i, C. ..1 "0 107 0± 1977 L LLT JOT CC T 01 U .i' 0 1' T 'GU - iJ I i i 1 UiTiBL, E59 i).,. J.'...i.. I V1 - Tc'flD m m L'IrJ.2.,I.LU..LJA •T ( -T -r 1- : - -- -.- U - 1i -'- - ..J versus r-r -- )(--r.; 7- .• m L C:IG2-.istc! Stcr.1in by :b1ic orv at c/ss 270 and 265 of the :Tor1 Code. 2ndcoait: io cc ±-Vjfli' pro;orty sto].oa o: tmle.wfully obtained c/s 311. of the TL'onal- Code. LUG KIIFII, • J, i"-io eppc]1 'itt, Lo niis Puchim uzi nd ohn rchi1n, were chr ccl wit} etc 1 nc roeoiin respLc ±vely onic ws Trisns O1'oor in cIL r C Cl i]ein tlOfl t f'U. It s alle:ocl that on J2 July,J975, at Macu Frison-Canp, he stole 10 ba.°s of coaont the popert,y of. the Govcrniont.. John was a private businessran, it w:s eU.u-oc thac on the: sane day ho received the 10 har;s of conont kn.cwin: tbo sane to have', been stolen or unlawfully oij'tainccl. The airc11nts woro convicted as charr'ed and senenccd to three ycers'soni1dnt cach. They.then appea1ed it s tetiicd T 1 t on the a-teri"l y Lconiu s took 10 bags of ceaent rea the I'rison store, trnspertcd then ii a Gbvorencnt vehicle ancL dorositod then at an Ujanac. Shop in Mcyu. It was further testified thet later on the sra-.o day .10' baa's of conent were rd ioved froi the Ujaman shop nd taken into John -house. TIaL :'rosecution's. case was that the coen-t was the ano • in Toth trips. - The .apellants deneid the charoe. Leonictas testified that he had rcceil:ocl a rocn.cst to scn conont to- audu. 0n- the r1ornin; of the nateri;.l Cay ho took 10 b.'s of .ccaent nd deposited thou at the Bus 'tand iTith a view to loadinathorl. dno a bus for delivery to Nudu. f -bor ,doinr so he contacted Nadu by ole:;hnno --to inforn then that the cenont wcld he arrivin that clay but thcr infor.'od hin that it was no 1on- - or required as they h c3ecu:od other cc: oat frea Bwtir':ba. He thoroforo returnod to the Bus Stand - nd hired June. Hassn who had a lorry and this Jun roturnec' the conant to the - Frison store. - He denied any kriowledr'c of the cbr.cnt at - John I s --house. - John testified that ho had borrcwcd 20 ba.'s of denont fron Ti1son Maosa Aof Iacni: which he intended to replace. That i-res on 27 Lpril, 1975.- :.o weed only 10 haas to repir-:his ho'..sc and -. on the aatertal day he had a y.lancc of 10 baas which he intended to return to '7i1son.., I-IQ hired boys who c:.rtod the: con-ent to the Bus S -baz-id hut when he L".tcr wont there he feund the buses had loft. He thorcforc - instructed the boys to return the - cenont to his house. it was darin-" This arocces that b/Cpl I'Iathias (Pwl) -and D/Cpl abc] (i'w2) arrived nd intcrcctcd the ca cut. He told thea. it was his :2rcC7r±y and nhowod 'then a chit (oh.A) cvi' oicin to tr ot LOfl twn hi iad T 11 son 5 ciot believed, hence the- chaer-:cs. Lp'-.rt fron the chit (eh.L.) the pro accutien called TJiison -c Tar7 real :'neSafl -s COi ir2ecL the tran- sc-.cticn all,' --- ccl by J(-Jm and confira.ed writ inr: exh..i. Jun-a stated th t - -- - .e ;nt:.ctod by the elicc on the a:ternoon of irhethc-r 1,.:, hai t: insported ./2 . . V • OUO[U C14S O;JLI0 OI.fl JO i1JUOJ.S Di[ 11 0 pooTALTOo 3d A [L. 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The apcllnts shuld Lie released from custody forthwith unless further lawfullLy 4eld çi 17 - 1 0 IAirZA .fl. £tJ JirLLLL 23rd Jove:.:tor, 1977 JUIGE