19840918 TZHC Mbeya

, .. 44; . . k : , - qct. J:A • . I 3r'f •-' ir - C :: :Lt c JRI tPiiL D2JL NO • 1 33 rur( _ I ()rn:dt T LCPL iTAL Miff p OF 1983' 'O 1JE )J cft J COiIR OF RPiTTIC '1 ii RUIW I I J 1 in I r •+r orj RfdJLI/iU1,krL itIiIRI & 3S 1TLTfl1TS '° ' JJ 'L jj I y?sUs ) pTjY , . 0 • 0 S •4 , I • J1ro1TD1s r CI{ARGJ O1 ai ai rioney by falso p etefl( s c, S. 302 of the P . - . •'iiIO rl r r+O / iec j e L1c. jct1t o ted Of o1f I thee d tf conrr o section 26 C. 1T wit n.oney f-1s ±oca c. 392 of th enc1 God rhdJeenened rnisnri o yc eadji, . eith I.s aip 1-'atde e1an. Rnadhara Msurikari carie tpr ]/caf1 2PQ 2/85 ainc kyua, iW.1 ihori lie lrnew btfore the .dy, ii c±oi hn iei t1oir 'u resof Groutdfluts \rith 1st a 7, eLcLt,. 1978.., Th1 I dGwg b1siriof se11ion14tth at \11dt3ru mar1 0- had bt uits s'ie Oy I/33 tie 1st e1at ceit o ec PMW atthe. tlux maicet0 Ho wa., iti.tl-i 3rd aj11art ç/1o1an RntuIhi .hgornwi1G ay .2 ho '16 ibc ns a ü1i'u Iakesie 1sttapte1t Jo C51C Fb LW.1 fl uir4Cj1iefJG1y the 1s an.á d ap11an t oi 1 3 & 'i.M .M.4J and ih~ to ac11Lt i anti 3 t7e to RUDUCO ouildn 1ffi ,O ba 1 ofouFint pked There -thor rt tao other r 1arrts 2 and 4 ad thcy ea.jjj M dned the as -e picr ,jd as hsOOOb/= - i.e1,000/= ecr r/ .1 aoou to bt t'o b s and oit to hs.1O,OOO/= f±omo'i. Phe n'f6t 1 cf pa hc 1s and J e1 d apjo1knw UG 's'-ThI ol' •O 9 OO".or )O of giourthiuts. Bift foi sco un1cio ie1 313r wc'J4 - oi dre -the vib1e fu3.i o .. . 'Do3ii r.UDo 1i - to th ;2j about 500 ietre.. IJ.l.left 1s\rtnd3rcia - o11nts at his place of 1ness .1.... • . •.. •.. .4 nin at the with P 1 .2 and with the hs30,0001= ut in the bag of iè1 and went to look for porters tp. tc-Ansport the ba3s of roundntits from RUDECO to the rai1t. he he esne back PW.l 1ound 1st and 3rd appellan gone with hit money s P .2 iol4. imthat- 1oy had folloiod lun. pW41 azL P4.2 wen€ to 11TJ]Y CO ildin aM to their surprie the lorry 1ith the groundnuts togeth. r the four a. )el!rnts was gono Pl reported to Police tiiuyue. von ua .y the appellants were traded at Kyola in one guest house and arrested with Vafious usns. of rioney anounting to.. over 13,0001= in Ei11. The 4th appelithit disappeared fron the lodgingwithout a shirt as in a bathA liq,wasa'resed later by Police Kyëla and also found wit money. They wei4 dhaTd .intly for the pesent off enOc, In def ehcUl they, all denied the charge. They claimed to have had nothing to do 4th P.1 and th to iyu on. the1 affai Non they procciod to Lycla to iur rjce• Then they were airested. The 1 ama. x_L ii La.trao o.1icoa the appellants. He believed the proecution ctse and convicted the anpellants.. oste1i. C/4 265 o't Penai Codc .;: • • • Th appel1a;c submitted a long i :nrandu of arneal•.with I. have .:one .thron;h the ounds of apoal,and a10 ..wiat t.he pib1ic had to say in supjort of the conviction, and I have. tiis, tosay the learned trial Hagistrat. I, too an aatisfiecl of tha trth .Qf;. t1e.; prosecution case. Ltho defanco did, not raise any reasonabedaubt at: l. There r ti cvldc]ce of / 1 na 2 .2 to take inioaccount. There also the facttha the hanag of the P\J.l was found in one .ofie oornswWch had boon. assiiod to one cl' the a.po11ants ... tie 1od4G at Iyela.. Also thero: Ls .vidco that the 4th appoilant . ran away . and was ari' w i t h o u t, a shirt on, . • }I -he'c iiedcsqf evidence go to establihc1early the chargo of obtaining uona7 by fa1st pretenoe.s. lam satified UkQ. the learned tia1 : .strte that the .pf obtai ng by. fase : pretonces was prpved byond .a d.oi.bt, ., .:. . . .. The is on factor in this casnly. that; the- l.eaned trial Naistrate puprt. to substitute: a:convictip.pf.siea]r in fpr -one of obtini.ng iQneyyfac? pretenpes.. I am p' the p1inio. .thathe.was.. wrong. Stea1ing..:265 it .being,n. minor c/s.302 cannot be bstitoted in a ch.agof obtaarung by fale prepccs Howevei, the ioa'no€1 mai:istrate was .undoi'the irnpresion that ±hq.0i''enCe r.. 1_1 ~ -- of theft and not obtaiein had been rovod. 11113 again was not correct. The appellants did not stur,, al an i.in; from h'.1.' -iiey did not take his 30,000,= 'thout us cc t. teirea. the -is.0,000, after representing to him t1at they were going to supply hin with 30 ägs of grou dnr vnicl tl o 2 .1 hd oen in. loirv parked at JDt building. They ok thç- monoy and they did. not ounnly him with the bags of toundnuts... That .ias obtaining moioy by f1sc protoncos. . 2 ere was no question.:of simple. thft. here.. . or tho. above reasons I quash the qpnviction of stealing c/s.265 of the Pnal Code and I SUbStiUtO theréfor a coriction of obtaining money by.. false. :retecos contrary to section 302 of the 1 ena1 0ode. In this way the error made by the lcarnc-d trial magistrate is cured in.. accordance with Sf346 of the Cri;:inai Procedure Code. . . ts for the sentence, I find that it was well deserted in the ircurshncos of tci S cac and : cofi ui it occordinly. - ) At TLoya, . A BJULATI 1 \ 28th Septcrahr, 1984 . JUDcE. Courts Jud(nont delivered in 0 ourt on 28/9/84. hr. idungLlei for the Rl opublic. Pow Arpellanth . - lb - BAI-IL\TI V JUDGE. \: 18.9.1984