19860823 TZHC Tanga

At_TAHGA. C/F C2IE_I1JAL AZ?~T,LL HO. 57 OF 1984 , I . ' •• ~ ••••• ·• .- •••• • A'??~~-,L.l:.lJT (o.,G A' l'"'{'<':'T,..,.,-.-:,\ J.\. ·• vvV•J.:,.'J j versus . i J :-- • Th.ese two ap;;,e:Llatns, hereafte~ call tha ( :1horn l shall call ste:J.1.d co:n:victed of' tho of:fence of th.,):ft contr:?try to s30,.:;i.:m. .l;,.grrie7ed, of 'f;i;a Gov-e:~r.~.1ent -V-.;:.lu.ed at sl:ts. $, ':;JO/~ c1isa.;;,::,e~,red \.me.er . ' - CJilHOU.""Jst ?w.'"1.Ces that ·z,.::.ggas't' tj:,...at tl1.e oa,.1e Q!,L9t have been -Gtolen. I J':..(l(~ort':°angly an-:·. theft I I --- - 2 - f'or consider:,tion now en a::ipe2l is ~-Jhet:1.er the o:1id t;::.s:ft by O:i:le Zuberi Oms.ri NI:odo (P~II), Ally I-Iasc "'1:1 I-:azige ~::-'J2), H .misi Sechole (P'JJ) a_,.d rfoha:1.1ed Ally KilL:10 (F:!5) tb.::tt the vice un'.::er querry -..ms borrowed '.:>y the s.'..')conc-: ~ccused on Jrd then was. ::_:,·JI s1-1ore tl~_:;d; b.e told t1.1.~"-' seco11.6. '.cl.ccused to take it to the veterinary c~ntre at ::--c1am::o::1.0 af'ter uoe ::;y him. p·:r3 aosisted :.-ii;:1, i.e. second s-..ccuced, in :::,hysi.cal.:.y lifting The second accused asked first to vice. As _ha, firot accuoed• was aco,;..-,_oed. brought to justice. .. •· ·• • • 3 houoe. He told t~e t~ial court th~t th3 .. oe c c-11.c.: - 2!.C c·_:!s Ge._, ho·wever, On the denied taking it. In ~act, accordin~ to t~a first accuoed, vice, t ·--e -..,,,.~y.. .,_er t- rr•,oa·o (,-,·rr'1 .\..l 1;,L«-:;;l'I. l., V ti . - _:,__ e accuoed. .. .....I I' ,· I 4· •· The second a..ocu.s&dy.: ·Ra.jab I{i:::-::el.~ :la::'a, who described fir:::t accused. ·,.'.. ·,·. side. He rece..lle,:5'_ that on 0~1.3 satu:..--qay, ,.. Dip at ~::wamkono. ::o:2ro,1 a vice.,. ELC tecl vice of· tili s 1'i11.c1:i:1.g. . .....•. I 5 5 th3 firat accuoad. is hereby quanhed and sentence ~a~pad theracn io net aside. 1 t is :f1..1.rt'..:er dire c tec2 he is to be s~t at liberty forth~it~. of doubt tl1. •; o·rc1er of' co~·.:1::?e:1.s8.tior1 ~-N"!.S\.C::a ag::.ir1:Jt l-:i~-~1 iz o.ls:) i ;:1ere::>y, accordin_gly, set asic"'..e. accusad. As aforesai~ t~a sec~~~ acc~aed cetegorically de:;.,ied this. it ~aQ Gpe~ to tha ·frial Court, alag uic:e o:)en to thi o Court, to find, :1!:'!.~Lc:.:c. 1 do, t'.2.,d:; exprasoi~.:-; total (I ther• it; ~o dirJct 0~,1~nce of t~~~t i2 t~ic c~oe it is vi.ce. T~2i&, to 1::3r :.·_:.::~1-c1 9 =t.lo,:; 3:z:~:,l~~~:.:.~ towards . att,- . -:..,,r',:, Vt-.-_1._ /.i..~..,,,, ·,r,· O"' C., •• _..., ',/ - - -c,·i"·f':,·lr ~-- - --..r... • In of! tI-: 1e eir:tde:n.ce 1 ZL!:1 ~.s.·::;-#~sf'ieC., ~1.:i 1 so fiJ.1·--:":, -;;:·.-:_-:.~·c t~:..2 \1 \ ••.... /6 \ 6 'I'ttrning t~ sentence 7 the v~ce was Government property. i t s val.ue was in excess of Shs, 5,000/-. G.&nten.cea Act 1 1972, is theref'ore, five yearsi In my view, Ii in the absence· of any special or aggravating ,:.circumstances this term of' imprisonment is su.:fficient to meet the juctice of the case - particularly so whe~, like in this instance, the appellant is a :first of'fe:1.der~ F'or theo·e reaoons tJ:.3 onic.1 ~ent~nce of six years irnprisorupent io hereby reduced to o~e of five (5) years imprioon.~ent. In the final result, save for the aentence which has been reduced, "this appeal :fails and it is hereby Ci.J.c;::u.c::::edo 'I ! 11 Judge. 23/8/86 ,'i '1 'I J ,1 ,(1 ,, ,, I I