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! .., •• -- ;'\ IlJ ..:.. .:-1.:.J CO~Ji:.:.T OF Li?:.T:L.L OF TlJT'::LlYIA JUV:-:J. I-(.i"''l"'i:...Tl-i o • • • • • • • • • • • ~ ~ ti • '° ••• ,, • ol:Z.!DS?OI'1'DEi-lT " ........... (J,.:;_:nec:.l fror,1 the convictio:a of the i-Iigh Court· of Tansa:;--iia at .1-.. !"usha) (I>ra:dbete, J.) d.a ted the 6th day of l~ugust, 13-85 in co-pr;i.Donci;!$~ ~1~ was Geen attacl:ing the deceased with a ~r.ni:f'e L'l -:-,r..l/:? w~:ti appare:;:1tly c:.~ u:::.;::.~::rrcl-::ed assault • .;. The dace2.:Jed ;:lj,.ijd frora. loss o:f ~:,lood :::1esulti:ng from a . ·.111,: cut carotid F.~.~.::e:1-7 inflicted by t:1.e :;_~e:G?Onc.en-t. It was ~~ ;~ ~;• co,.-_c:-.:or.. gro~-.,.€'. ,f;D.a t the 1:illin6 -~:12.0 co::·;:::;i-tted in circur,tStances W~"!.ioh a:-::.ou:qt;~_d to r:mrder as the killi;:?.g was done deliber2.tel7 rlith<;>ut any :._:,rovocation'o Becau3~ ft' the un:_:;rovo:.:ec1 nature of the attack the raspo:.,.:":.ep.·~~ at _the r~q1,.;..::,::;-b of cou:;.1.cel, ue.s sent to Isa.-iga Insti·c·i.rte 'for obs'ervation. I. ;::.ec.ical report . was duly ou'c,.,i t-ved by the· ,opecialis-t t~"l.ere, but the re?ort did nov 4elp t~e reG?Ojdent._ The ::c~s;,9nd,nt r:.1ade ai unsworn s-t2:ter.·:ent f'rom ;;. 'I :~=~ stated ·:::hat he t:,.e ~col: c:..n.d i:;i:1-lled 1.:0 wi tneases • n~aTd .: · hao.Li!l court: the a_llegation th2.t :b.e had killed the deceaseu, b~¢ t~at he could not recollect the incident at all. E0 foy...1,d out one morning t:1at he wc::.s locked up i:n a cell in .P.~,.d~l.(f~s anc! was informed that he had. ~-- ·.i. I " 2 JI kil:ed the deceased. ~,e c:e:iiec:. t~1.e cha1.~e;e because he Has unc:,ble to recollect -c:'."1at :--~e 1-:ac. co::..: ..-_:.t·::;ed the crime. ?~e j~~ge saea 2.. otartli~~ly G~~~~ioe fi~~ing. Ir:. ~::ds .judgnent he stated 9 i:1·:;er 2_lic1 HBy -;:;1-~e re:_;o::c"t fro::1 the Is2,~g2. I:::1.Gti tution prosecution L1E:c_:r2t to 0st::~~}l:Lc~l. t~1e fc'..ct that t:'le accusec1 -~;&s 82..:{". . e o.t, t~:.1,e L:.cv~er~~a.l tir_1e. But how far ~1~ ~~e ?rozec~tion o~cceed in t:.-~e~ t eJ.Cez.:vour? 11 Tk:e tric. l ~1.,1.::\~e 1-ras i:: cr:_---cr,:; in .-~eJ..~i:1s of sectio::'1 12 of' the Pe:i:1al Code, a perso!: is ::_:>:.'.'esu:::ecl sa::ce; t}·.:.e :p:r'osect..1tior! c~oes 11.ot ~:2a'T:J"e to esta1:,.l:.sh the GE.::_ity of a11. acc'.lsed pe::..~oon. If a person Etlle'ges ·t:1at }:e is 1:nsa~1.e, the 011.US is ,on hin to est2.blisb that, 0:.1. a ~:,alance ever of proba~ility~ be it I.. . , . .:=> 0 ,, , ..\ tT'~ .... ..:J ..11- .L t.51:. V • here the only su~gestion that the res?o~!ent could in n:;.1.y ·r.,tay ~:,e conside:;.~ed not of sound. :-.1ind . wz.s 3:ds bc3 re assertion that he could ~ot re~e~ber ~b~t had ~a9?ened (:'~u1~iZ1.5~ t~:8 i:.-_cicie~t ··:,-1:12::::.. he ~ras Gee~"": c ·cc~":J::)i:.1.s t:"'le ~eceasad a~d w~ic~ resulted i~ the eecease~ 1 s ~eath. T::i0re :':1as ::iee:::,. :no cv:I.,:::.e:.:ce of 2..~:y ty';;)e to i:n;:.:_cc:d;e that ·tl-.:.e :;..---ec:~:~=----~ .-·_e:-~t i;,ac~ a :-.:.ic -~or·y of' ins2:::.i -1:;~,r, 0~ tl-.:.3r in ~:.i::1sel:f o:r :::--_ic fz.·.-iJ..y or t::.2..t ~'le ~ac. ~~u::::::3rec:. front disez.sec of t~:_e ~-:j_::1.0. of a:iy l:i:'2c1 at or J::.::t ~)r:lor to t~:~e i::.:ci-:'~o::t. I:::: our ·:r:'--.ew t:·~e··-- ···-::.::; ;-_o evice::-lce to su ::;·:-ort a 0 fi~di~g, in ~~is casa, t2at t~e reo?o~~e~t was leGally ... ./ insar1e a_t -~~:.e tirne l-.te c~~·.-:-~it·CeC: t:'1e c.ct. t·::r·. I-:1e·:,12.. fo:r· tl-19 i!..ej_)u~:.<l.ic Dc..s .. • 3~~~1~~ea I I ... ~exo~e •. - uc that t~e trial judge had ar~ed i~ fineing t~~t nit is t/~_a fi::r:j_ing of t~-:ic Coui~t <:;;"_.::.t the 1 2.cc,.;.:::ed :::illed ·;;l--,.e decec,.see:. 9 .Jo::..:,. 7i::..ce:1t ITf;u.ina, but ':J;r ~,..,e~uJor: of i:-.:.cz.~;.it)r :::e i.s not g~ilty of the offe~ce~ ....... . /3. the:re:fo:r set a f'i1J.c1iI1g tl1a t :-.1ur:'.er of John 7ice:-::.t IT 6 0.r:.1a LG . _,_-_ - ·'- ..,._.__ .:;.:. t., ~ tl-::.e :·:·ec ~:;o:id.e::.:.:t -r.,z._c g .:.il ty of the In oubstitution L. i .UCT I Lli'f.. ' .,_ .. I certi:.fy -t:i.,.a t t,.!.1.l. s c... -~r,ue original