19851122 TZCA Dar es Salaam

!', ..... _..-e, . { .. ; ·.·/ ,_..,"__. JlET]'E'TI'N Ki,TIGUL.A a/o MOILJ\fE'D. • • • • VI!'I·iSUS ",, THE' REPU:nt IC• • • • • • • • • .• i • ·1 (llppea! from the crmviction of the High Court of Tanzania at Mwanza) ;(Munyer a, J,) dated the 6th day of December~ 1984 in E£.i~.E.~~ .s~.s,s..~op!3._A9!3~.J!o•• J.£,5 of_,12§.,! :I i " . The appellant was convicted of murder solely .on the dying !!I ". declarfition of the dacca~ed. -The dec~ased was shot by an arrow at .night, at a time when, according t9 P~W.l, the~o was np I moonlight at all and it was dark. The_ deceased told P. H.l,. who I met her as she was rumri.?)G .:titer she was shot with an arrow, that it was th~ appellant who had-sho~ her be cause the de cc ased had repelled the appellant I s amorous ~dvanceso The decec1scd was . I , going towards the appellant's house to die there. P-W•4, the young son o:t the deceased, stated that he, on that w.;;ht had seen a man behind thdr hou$e, :. and he :tan and rapo+ted that I to the deceased. The-deceas~,d came otit and followed tho man, and • lj IJ the man, whom P.v1.4 could not rccO[;mse ?r identify shot an arrow ! at deceased. The -deceasac1 criGd out li'Katigula ( the name of the !, appall ant) has shot me:: with c1n ar:c ow"f P.w.1 had testified thut the app~llant was drinking for a I _lo~ time that day, and by 7. 0C. p.m. the, appall ant ~was VG~Y drunk and was staggering- and P.].l took thq appallant to his house to sleap off his torpor•· .L-¼t ubout 8. 00 p.m~ that night hG met the deceased injured. When P.:1.1 h.;ard what. the deceased told him, l•W.l and sane vill~ers ,-.rent to the appellant's house and rei:ia~ne;d rut,sidc~· llt about 9• 00 p.m. the yefpella,:• nt amergtd fr om his house, ~ " 1 •••••. /2. Ii,. ,, :1 I, 2 - ~ i,.\.•1'7~ .., . _. siill ~qnk:, "(t~. filld. out uhat thfr noi:1-: jl\ · l.tsi-tii.& ::.:.s :1""84 ~ . . I , When told that -the de cec1sed had ~l.€::; "c.fthat he hc..d shot an arr ow at her and killed her he denied itft Even then the ~ppellant was staggering because he w;;is stil] dru,nk..,, l Ii . 11 ; f, ~ Q1Jlvf cted the &ppellant of On that evidence the trial jµdgc murdering the deceased~?:tit is qu.itc cl~aril that the Qircumctc';lnccs for identificat::.on /;. ',ery un:t'avo,i+,iQb:i:ti ~nd it P .. w.1 was believed, the deceased st"'ted that she Wc';la sho-'.: v:"1ile she we"~ ;11e.jtotill8 the attacker's advances. P.;"i.4's :iv.tqen(;e Jould ,, conflict with the d;ying declaration made by the decec1scd t,o :P.w.,1 1 V l I ,.1 ·I From P.W,l's evidGnce-it w&s clear ,I1thctt 1 . ,. the appellant, vat the material time, t·:as most pr ob..;ibly in n dl'Ul'lllen sle~p at his own house. , ' 1\ .: ' . fr ll It is likely that the ch~ceqSQt fG<lltly, but mistcikenly bel:i-GvGd 1 . 'b\,\t''I 1Jh~ dyirig declaration, in that her attacker was the appGll fl~ 1 the circumst.~nc~s .. of this Cc;lse., must be 'VGl'Y strongly &nd sub- '11 ,. o ~ ~ l f oerrobo::r~totl it oculd b<f .ijoted on. There was no . bof 0:1;0 c&J"Ol?'l'OUO:~ti011 at Qll,. The conv:i.Qtio:Q. Ja~ot pos:1ibly be suppo:rtcd.- ; 11 \: -Ml'• Swcli for the ?iepublic eventual~; agrud th~t the conviction I . oannot stand·• ! I : I We allow the appeal, quash tl\a conv~ oti!on of murder and set 1 • '11 " as1de the.sentence impos~d, Qnd ~d~:r thaJ the appellant be released forthwi. th,. unless he is othu•wisQ J.Qwi'ully detainech I~ . ,, i' D.ATKD at MW.iNZil this 22nd dfiY' o;f Novemoe:r, 1985e •! L. n• M;iKAME' ( ,, t( :i:.J .·~•'\11 ij . ,, I . ,~, ~ I: Iie .il .V ,' h * f, ,Q ; •'. .· 1, .,ea "' ~ . ... I 3. t t · 11 .-'.'~- ,. P r ;··.. . -. ' I ·11 . I!~ / 0 ('.,· ,·r'• ....'·_-~;; ,, ,:,, ' .., ✓~ , • " '\. f I cert_,iiy,,tha,l ,,:th~s fs_~\true copy ~f the original. ~ r 1::-- 1;c,7,1 .. _:.: , ,:., , \\ I r/ : :'. XftJ/fit.>::\ \A3\lII / ., :. I ~ ,,? I~, i t-r:-1v~("''.•'.., ' -:1 ; ~7 : fl . \.,) \ r.i.:>J .__., ;:<// /) . "'- f 1/. / · !I 1- \•cl•\'.. <:_.,,~·-.. . '_·:~_',i /_l~'~/(i./ :. '.:f '..,_ ·. (;i. ~.---tt 1.~AYO):, ._j. ,i . .-·. •.'; 11); v· ,.·,-,,· ·,·,.,· ,'··. fr!< ' DE'PUT .. I/ 0'J:Jr ,, I ST:i ;1fl ,, ~ I ff . fl - _, _ _ -.. ---- ,--»·1-··-•' i: COUJT OI:1 .i\PFIT:"11 OF<liT,:iNZ,:iNIA.• ;r. :t ·i, ~ i~, u ~ :: t' ' ; ~ ·'. b , . ~ •i i :•I :, p l! t) ') ~ "t . ~ : I, l• ,n . I. i :,1 lH (I /\ t, i! ·'' .\i ' . ; t, i1 ( fl,, '. i .f 1.C 11 •.. : fi (, I .~ ! ---1-