19860623 TZCA Dar es Salaam

I IN '.rHE COUR1· OF APPEAL ,OF •1·hNZANii\ A'l' MWANZl;I i I ~: MUSTAFA, J.A.; MAKAME, J.Al ,;nd KISANGA 1 J·.A. CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. ?9 OF 1985 i 1. JUM/, SHIJA @ SANDU@ CHEREHANil 2. JULIUS PAULO @ KENNEorj • I· .• i VERSUS ' . l ., . ·,:1 THE REPUBLIC • • • • • • • ·:' ! I tAppea! from the coQvicLion of Lhe High-CourL of Tanzania at Tabora) (Chipeta 9 J.) da'-ed I-he 10Lh day of SepLember, 1985 . I in-·-· .iI Criminal.Sessions Case No. 63 of 1984 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT MUSTAFA, J.A.: Oo or about 4.9.1982 al- Buchama Village, Lwo suspec'-ed caLLle Lhieves were killed by a group of vill~gers, members of :. the Wasalama gro\.lP• The tWQ bodies were burn'-. Some days ia .. er Lhe Police cal])e Lo know of Lhe kil~ing, ~nd a large group o~. · ..... ;,_ ·:. i,, people - 300 LO 400 villag~rs were arres~ed •• Even'-ually per~ons were charged wi"o .. he_murder of Lhe LWQ persons, of_Lho~e charged were alLernaLively charged wi'-h being af'-er '-he facL of murder. ...... •.:.· . . Only ~ccused 1 Juma and Accused 11 Julius were conyic'-ed . . i..:•.:· of murder, Lhe res._ being discharg~ on a noll~ or acqui'-'-ed· ( for lack of evidence. •. •, !. ✓ Now Accused 1 and Accused 11' appeal LO Lhis Cour1- from Lheir convicLion of murder. r·····••i'• / 1 < I ~ I' I i I I 2 The evidence against_Accused 1 was given, J,y_P .• '{/~2_;··!:'.W.s - -, - and P.W.9. -P.W.2 alleged. 1.hs1. he saw Ac~sed 1 s1.•abbing· 1.he~ .. ' . : . ,• geceased wii-h a spear. ~.w.s s .. a .. ed 1.ha1. he saw'<Ac~~§~_/-'s .. ab.bing· 1-he dead body of one of 1.he dece 9 sed. P.~1.9 alleged __ •.::ha!: h·e:.sa·w I Accu§ed 1 as one of 1.he assailan1.s•, bu 1. ,!,n gour1. failed.' .·._o J iden1.ify Accvsed 1. P.W. 7 also al eged_'-ha1. he had r~~~~eriaj:·:;:, ·,·.. ·'. :, .. ;- .. ·., . . . ,: . ; ~. spears_from 1.h-= home of Accused 1, bu'- 1.his evidence ,joes 119'- _, . .~ ~. ·.'·, . carry 1.he case ·any fur'-her. I1. is com~on ground ,..hn,.. all ,_be prosecu!:ion wi,..nesses. I . -·-. - r bad been suspec-1-s and had been ar.r,;es'-ed and la,..er released by !:he Polic~. _Sgme had even been ch~rged io cour=• We are of I -1-he view .. hai- 1-he:ee wi .. nesses a;:e ~somewha'- .. c:!in .. ed, and ,..hf.ii:r•. I i confirma .. 1on evidence 11ould require some sgr .. o,f . Qr_ corrobora~ioQ from indeprnjen'- sources. 1 I I . ,:_ : ·. ·. J ~-~ .... ' •• :. : : • There was a Sta .. emen'- _given by Accused 3 Jobn Magidu:,; J~:\:::·•·:.'... <·:.: ·. :~:'.:.:::o:: :~::::.·::,::::r:: ~:::,:::~:. co::: :::~:~!:ri:;)''f:;: . . t of Accused 3 W§S purely exculpa .. ory. I,_ was in no way _a ... · ,\_: co9fes§ioQ. _I!: was_clearly inad~ilssible as such. F ur .. her, . ·{: ·::\ 2f'-er .. ha .. § .. a .. emen .. was ,..endered, Accu§ed 3 JohQ did oat · ·, .. , 1- · S'-ify, _eii-h§.:r confirming or _denying 1 .. ~ .. -·- .. . ,Once_ .. his s .. a'-eme(j~··.· ·-:· :..· . is rejec'-ed, ,.:he eyidence of '-he PLrosecu'-ion i'li,.nesses is nc:ii- .. ·'.it. suppor'-ed by any 01.her evidence. The trial judge held no .. j,n any w~y accomplices. 'We .. rink LhaL he Wa§ no'- qut,..e righi- in .. hai- view. These witnessks were .~omewha .. susper:i.,. • 3 ·' .in. '-ha'-· '-hese wi;.n~sses were somewha;. '-a:j,n'-ed bu': never'-hele§s.',· view of circ\l.UlS'-ances which ren:lereri '"hei.C evid~nce. cogen'- and beyond doubi- i-rue, he coulq perhaps ):lave convic_'-ed ori such·· evidence alone. He did no'- sg direc~ him§elf; worse, _·he ·r~lied · on inadmissibltc· eyi<;jern;;e, ir. '"he s'-a'-el])en,_ of Acc1,1sed 3 ·John, as lending suppor+- 1-0 '-he evidence of '"he prosecu,_ ion wi ..·nesses·. We '-h:j,nk i'" is unsafe '-o convic'- Accuse,::! 1 Juma on '-he 4;_·:· uncorrgbora'-ed evidence of ,_he prosecu,.ion wi'-nesses, who w~r~,,-_:./.-:•/i · .... suspec'-s 1-hemselves. The_same reasoning wo~ld apply tO Accusectl,l Julius. In his case '-he only incr!mina'-ing evi:ience_agains: him is by P.W.s. The other evidence is '-he inadmissible S'"a'"cmen'" made by Accus·ect 3 John Magidu. In '-he circu~s'-ances we ~llow '-he appeal§ of bO'-h '"he appellao'-s, guasl) '-heir coovic,.ions, se~ a~iqe '-he order and·..-: judgmen: of i-he i-rial cour'-, and order_'-ha'" '"hey be released·: ... :·>:_:· ...:· fOr'-hWi'-h ur.less O'-herwise lawfully de'-ained •. .. : .f/,/;/\/(/i DATED at Hvi,\NZA ,_his 23rd day of June, 1986. •'./'{./'.'<. A. MUSTAFA JUS1ICE OF APPEAL j L. M. MAKAME ' JUSTICE OF APPEAL R. H. KISANGA JUS•1·ICE OF APPEAL • JI 4 I certify .. ha .... his is a· ..-rue- copy of >-he original."-:. <-·:.\,'.:· ~· v{/1:J/ (J. H. M~OFFE) ! I ! ,. DEPUTY REGIS-i-RAR. ..·. .~ ';; .: ·: .. ..: .. ... . : ..--::. . ,-:~·:>. :· >. , •