19810909 TZHC Mbeya

CoL'tri 61I A P 06 ( Z) !Ii' I1 Gil CCURi! TiINZA NIA AT BYA JPELLATE JURISDiCTION (Mbey,t Registry) CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 124 OP 1978 ORIGINAL CRflINI1L CA3E NO. 2-29 OF 1978 OP THE DISTRICT COURT OP TUKUYU DISTRICT AT TIJKtJYtJ -4 - MITEN'DI GEORGE &. OTHIRS . • • .. . APPELLAL'JTS - irsu$ THJJ REPUBLIC RE$POiDEiNT CHARGE: Robbery with Violence c/ss. 286 an d 285 of the Pea1 Code, Cap. 16 Vol.1 of the Laws. TUDGMEI'T MROSSO. J.: Three appeals, numbers 124178, 177/78 and 176 In whiob. MITErDI GEORGE, PAULO SOLOMON. a nd SfflSoa N WAK PILE respectively are the appel1ana-,:have' beev. -solic1d Cr hearingv These three appellavits toge.ther with two, others who do not appear to have appealed were co'victed for robbsry by the District Court at' Tuki. '' The three appellats tcge'the' with'thè twoot'hers who have not appealed iere said by three proecutiow-i witesses to be well k'now'n reside'nts of Tukuyu tow'nship. At-about 8 p.s. of 2'5.78'. five)p:. a'id.. jji yie ;who was 'not arres1i ed and--therafor % proeecut ed were-'eaid to' have been seen outside a bar k'nown as Sava'naL. ........................................... e • of the prosecutiowit'esses Mahamudu Sadiki said he was - l+b see, them, .bcause f. • outside the bar.- -. The complairia'it, oe-.B3o 1 wakatobe while i n bhe.compa'ny - of Nahamudu visited Savavrnah Bar o" that eve1i'1g, inteidárig He presetod a barma'n with a 1001= sh1li'ngs note. It was however retur'ied td him as there was d'beer in the bar .I'n1 he. tithe s'ome'bf the' aj3p e ll~ nts w6l id aeed- they saw Bat re'eei4'ng back from thê' ba'ma th lOOp 'no4'&. 'i'!hei Bat' and àhàxxitidi erë the ba-aià'iè v ''' C - appeñai,t Pafr!o Solonois ±e'O ëd--.tc5-ha''e thrbw-i a'té' !. at' Bato'nis stomach. Ba4io'n oil dowri and lost covsc1ousriess. 1-71 .•., • t I . _. •'. ' - . '. - ., . . . . ! ' I. ,• ': .: I 1 A t r - I :14. It. 4PQ * Tf - :c•• ':J.t:T c - .c •. J f r' •t)I 4 i i s,,- r • . JJTj r- (14:: •.J - JS ç f T k1 I •) oi 2 10 J JTT Ti •• -S • •, • • .,- - ..I, -. ., t •I- .- 7r.L• .11 k - .. M - . . .-, If . .sc: • -'.- •:._ jli ) I j( 22 ô: f ' I • i I rr I' • ",! / 1tC I • M .f 3fr)4 t çco Cl 4LJ fl13SC on. f c A - ZAI 11 )C :o;,o;YrPLf 2ic r:Ii4T11(?. &A.(,(1 1*11 2) 4 II rj T(1LY •I1 ) I 1JGT Q )(, L S J Io ( & -' 4AA I ) -T jJ S r c I JIIt1JI ( 7,r 1 J I) J I ?I ' r I ( Jf I - C CJLr.J j\ cYj ,i . ) 4_ ° Jjrr' IJ> 1cT JJ {f ' 1 I) 'tJ rJj fIflI_IlIL L31G J IJC I tLC' •T • 1I' kv pc 'cc-8&Tg iwa rce EIIeGq sq _It t 5C3 J. o fjj2f1 T1 VI $JOfL o p 'TT I- ) O326 rjA &I T+ cti 4Ycp (I\ 4TJS3 I) 1T1i P-if øoIC .io 'rbLrj' tQ0TT01JG 2 ' 1TA £}IG D '4 0Of".4 ' J j,1i1CT t1'! 1J J TQJ .1 I&8 Q. JThi JiI' TfO J,pIcA - ;p •1*1 -" ' }36 PL JIJG U ' ) T JO4C OkGJC3J LGpffIJrq C01JTi) Ct ) flJGLI3 14i2 IJO , JGCL r. I-P M'33 iT4JJ elI o IPG cob]cJeJ4 Of- — -Tj C' 3I -1211C, G0UJT)? oaiqo TJ'3 I2 o. - t 9 I- (2) All the six men are then said toliave rushed towards They quickly searched him and made away with the shi.li'igs 1'00/ nOte. They howeve' allegedly left untouched another note-'of Shs.201= in Baton's pocket. Baton was subsequently taken to-.hospital. At the same $ime a report: was made to the Police and five of the six perso'ns were arrested and prosecuted. - At the trial all five accued persons gao defence of alibi. Paulo Solomon said he wéuld-call a wiritess to support his alibi but there is ro indication from the ower -• court record what the trial magistrate did with that-.intimation as inimodately the last accueed person finj8hOd giving his defeice the magistrate an'iounced judgment would be delivered at 5 p.m.-.of the same day.. That may have been commendable speed in-"bhe disposal o the case but nOt at the expense-of denying an accused person the opportunity to get his witness to give evidence i his favour. As we do not know the full effect of that feAce witness had he given evidence the failure by the trIal magistrateto allow time 7.. r tr sh a c r- f or the witness to be called may have occasioea. a iailure Th v iL fl r of iistice."As It' th t±iál I - ' d 1Ot r blamed the accused persons foi thefaiure to cali T310,, B. o w' ':' C ;i'i' o stpovetheir . ?' '- if-. 1• dy witese8 allege journeys (alibi) It 1 L - ' J O1 ' jt t Was in aycae wrong for the magistrate to expecc the 14 L1 c1J '; ''u 'i r'"" aoôued persösboi'é hirfftofrovë 4ihiialibitoe true as, j r' .'C' - ii61e is no such burden o an accused person. It is enough ifta h}ias be', a0eou po'sibiy" be . 1 i a t c J,3 ' true. It was theroforeLoear;m1s.1ection r °n the part of LY 13 1J n LLCt 1 C 1 t'l.- O J' the trial magistrate when ho sai,7dt 1: (O1 s1) 1 j J ..1 'i u.., c. - J. lii LO "I do 't believe the evidence of ciefevice s ia,.ctd'.' of ps''ti' hiLj i""C• MOq sp1 giyn r'. of a alibi. That mlghct te taken ].n+O 5 by' the'i eout'ifat 14 hyi.gh't ve,call9d for each to prove their alleged jour*eys.t 1 defé,ée ver's.on not 3 1rL' ,_ ;-j• ''1 - :':..' '''u-' - '1) "''3 ecause'heoundi- pa1pably'unte.a'ble' but because i had ,i.Z:' _. 1')1 •J.'J: • i-. o suppoiting evide1r'. He was.in other woa'ds,putting on /,, the def ce a- burden of prov1g th'öi'r .n',ocence . ithsüch irt1c O a frame of flnd the magistrate would, an. may have ç1oe 51v1CCtn ot o th"e ± regth 1' of rse CU'hOn 'àebut 1 J'cc.j(1 U. r L on .cthe- weakess of the tefnce . .. i-- - . - : •° . • • . . , . .. ., '. . - ., . .... • . . L I- •. " T j :t: , - ;:f" iI3O3 :r -; 1JJ •Y : -; J.! c; -.. T5TO I. .ij/: • n .r {_ r r f C • j: ..J- V1 4Ot ' 1T ; •-• ,- c; • J •' [ . &;• jr 0.0• . JJ_ r To 'ff' j: J:;v- c ' , I ( - L5rJ r C ( 1 t' ! ii t • ;' ) "( I •' I ( ') / VL i 1D- Ci tkc .- : J ( 1 I :c J -iI t : 1r1 I I i ) WON 0 rj4-i 0 U C TfT KIM - 01 ' J- Av M 3 L U' 4%Th 42 1 J 6 3Q c & T- 'I - iL ' Jk c' ' TI — r ) , )d P(t J)I)L L) Jo a - L1JC PeJ J Y Jc TT T'fl - " .' 4 4V " T - 4 r'( c'j j o CYf' ' T' tI 9 ) 1 LT J. a )_ST1 't:r i ,..N )tr r' 'i fl G-J )q jI L3 ( c 1 -G iJ r j}jG PJ ' C -' fr4r,4 )S rcTC) () 1 r T- I& 4 cuhq_t 1 j it f LTp T C r); •ç, - :' . r PC) F ': upy IM iI ) JJ I 9mj Vom AGNT . (-t1 TiO çl 4 J C )if iJJ— 4 4C Ji :f] o-DIJ CTANTP101 SOONJ 1) 5 C' 1jr0; i' - r ;;i: sC; C/k'. 4 p_,fs( . jap : r T 7 c Ummq Q MM"TT"M a T.i r)C j 1. " . i::J I . ') t4. ' pc C r TT r 1i3T'J jc : h'-" ) 4 , fE't jtoo T '. L , o I J(Jfl( C :)L,)J' j:Et 'C :Vr uj ol }J PCr: J0T7cc JC' 1) xLcs' uo G3' tI.0 C"' jCTP , L)W T4 40 4435 r iT4JT 4 3, 1f'G ()C' TL TCJTax,-00 TpT) Y' 02 0 i UG o- sti city 4 GTT pTqLrPO Lo 2 O 0A3 CIT, j•j oc.rci ..j cf2cTc .. OX ,. T.r C C CT O(,Gc.F2S0fl(1 - 0t 4JC kT' 4 ( 1) O1r i'3' $jO' a Lfp-' 0 Tr 5 c3 j s';p TP/3 Yfl OAT '.J0 TiTfl . A 41 1J0 0 4 (' 1['i LIJ35 Mo b4cT. O çr' 1rAr C'0 -pJJ ffTT IGC.'-0I 42 r i cr TPT 'T0P tTffQ ].:'}3'€ jG00fl2f3 ' t" ( iT4 es2 CO t\C T0"''L. T 3L' P XC iJG WCTT 2 4LC1 cGJYC1 Cf CJTOPGTTO r; c c f,N'F 410 T.4J''J ?° xbi,pr - o 4pi\T 101 0TC1J 0 jØ ,JTL jrj c 42J0 cOUJjCTpT' 2h7jTjç4, {i p')CP. go rI' Pc ri js j r p' oç, z - I T2 TJIJ0CT c TA J Y TT lJ') \ I'TG'5 CT iC) HI qo CT€ 111Q qqT ,PJ 0 COfL4 C')1 }J4 JT1.IL G. IT 4D6 FOCL J]UJT O!14 1' YJ C10J I'OIJ 443 2ucLnoLr 1JY M'2 kJJLOTO 1 .G\O 10 liT jT.X'C42TO o °. CTjl rpI bTT T013I'C Dr } -iE jT- or-fJ 9' .srGJ f.i GJ0f11J T 0' 9'TTPT !kjTCTJ 5- LTP3mG0JTt JJ0TOT P G1T'I ' LJ' qctC0 t JO2fTC'- 1)fIL 1' aOç IC J'I2 T't 4U1 T 10Gi'"5L" j p'T(1C' L711' '"t) 9 1L1) CS2 IC Tj('J r ' ' Eli ( I -'The prosecution case cai.ot ( be said to have bee!, strovg All the accsod persowd said they had bee,-' aarest.ed iitially on suspcio.!9t theyhad brokev into one Mudekesi'e shop aid-.o"iy,Lapparoitly, on second thought, for robbing complai'ai4. If what the appellants said was true it-.would meav, thatthey were-.arrested more on susicio, than on clear evide!,ce of ideitificatioi.,. It is not i8igvificavt to-ote that the arrestig Po]Jce Officer did .iot give evidece ço that we do rot kow O!i what basis he aarested them. We doiot k,ow if had been giver a desciptioi or names of the perse's-who alogedly robbed Batov, and whether the descripto-ad oi iames as giver to him agreed with the descriptidi and or names of the. appellants. Ever at the tria] the evidoce of the prosecu- tio witesses regardiig ihe ideiitity of the alleged robbers was of-na very geieralisod typ, hardly of the type that would pinpoi'it a suspect. I shou-1dalso say that kid-.of evidence shoul€ have been give-.i stregh by evidevce of an idev,tifi- catio!, parade, which was herlackig. . ..ne r rL• I am myself satisficd that the case for the P iprvedth'e ga1t1 o'f t1 pa lt th.th 1. t. l o j.. j -' r' t ••t1 kiv4 of certaivty 'eqiured 1i a ccitn.iial prosecutior a1d -r••-• -•• .,../.orr-t'',;.- w ei that 'is coiiL&d with the rn dii'ectiovs bf' tie trial thui i .r r C: • w}at t magisra'te I f±id it usafolt6 uphold the cosivictio ,,s in respect of the appellats I-thei'efore allow the ici- t;t - . ti ap peals, quash the co'vcticie and set aside the piso, It iJ ' 1' 111 10 sente!,ces and the cornpe!,sataovorder. The appollats -j ..',. :. 'i -)' O.' W I VJ, 1 ' boot fi'eR forthwIth uless hold S for some other L Z•• 1' : : i'i' ' ' lawful causes I i5)c:Lp.2.- u' 'cb1.1-.51 h±. th i.h dc J ic- Csj-;iI." t;: • . IL.' ...t, Gt L.. 1Y'I _••, ;)- tI.. :.5rc Mbeya J. A. NROSSO . - ' ". ........ 91h Setqmb, 1 ,981 " JUDGE .'.... ..• .• .. ... .t .. 5 r•• :tc'- -- .. :L. •) -.- i, - - ':. r th •;51j.i;-:: 1 I 1 t' f •t. , T., - ...". . ' ,-. - - . ...'" .-.' . .. ... -, tJJ L L)J:4Jr-; J .y. - -' •-'- ,. -. zH:1p !y fW J)11d rca bJLj\qJi OIt(t Iç,TTL) 1J- ;i'ft itJNf1C Jill () I* (J•( UçL3 I .. OIZO1L± rr13O oI OLV JbI Yacjr '' r'OS OiU.1 ri:r1:ic;j:J3 3LI3OCTJ3 :. rq o3cc1cL . pfw OD.C3 OBr{3 tr t CL fi for oivr -r 44, OrJC rI)I!Jq( crfi tOb'\OJ U Or )(i1t00 3f oJ. C'r .b±J r eoi:O tL1T •TkLU:fl •7 c5:th± ot iG ioThj(i1 £ rENC bfs1w6y 5 rr3 'oiit dct -erj'i* IC) D31r 1 3rA W br r'OJ od )v4 E)riJ c flT cjt[ o4• 1 c; i! 1(; r ' )yrt(X&) JL L1 t13 r:Vu bo q jri \JJ ;E e O rL; 2r fcj()f 1) çv & J) Lsjrw ;id- 'cvf 4 - r itiCt- tJL1J'4oJq(.4 iite ( - eo)Jr'f( st P)O1L? • 38 \d rcVi Jd 9Ikd —SiI o Or1C -, ? r• ; • .% . ! - ' - :• . S 4 Ø!O1 ;w £OAriW Oc -wk r - 4t-Q't: 1&Bc DvJj Dt39 11 I &i r7C' ccfp LrsJ )d bEO€t •orJPQ. 9fjjiW ±)4E3't rth QJ r 0 LL )f rI3 '100 10 br rOLT J3)& -)r-C )L i'fifC rfl itiicW bLqtOO J rfk ritw LG?J o1oibii tJ? r L11I') , tdO tG ri)CiJ ij ' T i ryln J IQ bJ iq sj O '3 Yt c r i c1 SW rL'i11 oiOI- , . —J ¶ t o . ri rCiirp 3*OIOJ r Af iti i r Oft. ftL 1j1 :.;iri i lk 59. O.j IL U: £1 fl f. )•; r r - r c ?itCr o i;IJ- L ,4 - - '- tQ C) c o L14I . •. r - -- - Lr :,i 4 6 , it VY O1ZJ 'L \ JJpO'T i rrLJ ) 1t 1? )i •Jc Ot rr4 tI -- y. i ai bs I b-o ' t 4 ri -fI'k I4xr 4 JJ ;hJA- : 't 1LW IU:krOO I ro I I I 'r 1. •- 1. :I. --- - -- •- ••- 1 -.---4 - - -- - -