19880801 TZCA Dar es Salaam5

,r .· ('. ·~ ,- ¾.-. . . . • ·,, ~ "ti:.li> ... '.,, ...i."""~- ' ..... .,,,:..<-,.~.It•,:~~-~- . . ,;1 ... . , :;JI'•';,) ... - . "ii ,~~ . . :a .· '( '.;;.'~. , :.:-,.\,,:: J: , J..-d· 4!'-' ' 4, t.' t· • ~:· :t, ..._ I) IN Tiill COll11T OF APPEJL OF TliNZ.LUiiIA · AT I\TI-l:J-J::.a \. ~ { COR..::M~ Mnc,·,.r·;-, J , lCIS-~11TQA J o .,;._.o A 9 ..d.1.J.CL ~"'i o~ri,, .... J o .-:.i..o •) ...... .) l'•:U:J: ~..J.•__,_;J~': .•.~o 9 ..:...i~ .1...:..9 J.·•;••d ..'l.9 l, l cnmJJ-t':L :.PP~U., NOo 65:of 1988 t· t. I t .LDOLF ST~li.(J.'JO • o 0 , 0 0 0 IO 0.00000 iJ>PELl:Jff ., ~ ·, Versus T}IC J:IP'OJ3LIC o o • o • o o • o .. o o o o RESPOlfDEN'T (:..ppeal f::rom the conviction of the High Cour of T:;:..nz;-.:.nia at Nwanza) (Mwalusa.nya J.) dated the 30th day of lifovember~ 1987 •.'1 in Criminal Sessions Case No. 88 of 1985 JUDG!sJ\~JT OF TJ:C3J COU.i:1.T ;J r¥,KJJ:IZ, J .L.. 'The ap:pel18...nt 1illOLF ST::ill?I''JlJJO did not deny killinf the deceased, a rn8ll called PJ.OT/..S RlJ"T:~mJKIL"'.-TL, in r:.iule1Ja District, *n,gG:i:'O. Region, on 19th Feb:ru.c.1-;r 1984. H0 :1dlnittod that he s18,shcd tli.e d0ceased with c, pc1l'lga but his defence was that he wc.s defencling his I pors·on when he /f. was being attacked by a group of intrude1·s, including-I tho deceased, when ho surprised them on coming homo end finding them ran~acking his housco His vo1,sion of t):o incident was disbelieved by tho Righ Cou:-d sitting 2,t Bukoba (Itwr.-,lusc.nyr,,_J,.), it being found established t:fi.n.t with mclicc cl'orothought tJ.:,0 appolln.nt killed tho docoo,sod, a mcinl ho know o.nd wc.G owing Shs.,5,000/=, n,nd with whom ho had 1)ocn soon by h number of wi tncssos oo.rlior in tho r,1orning of tho,t fo..teful dayo I Th.0 docoe,sod susto.inod scvc:..~cl cut wounds all over tho body o Ho .: :;, f:..•o,ctu.ro of tho 1 loft humerus end r~ fracture of tho :right zygomc..tic a.r.ph, and four of his fi.."lgors ~•ro1·0 cz1:Qutntcd., The cc,usc of de2,th wns cbrtified to be .. 0 0 0 0 0 . /2. I I•,, Ii,-, . . . 2 shock 1.:s e,, rosul t of o:ztorngl hcer,1orrhngoo hii;.1solf un0,blo to s2;y cmch on bol12,lf of his client while Mro Musa~ lom:·nod St2-to Lttorncy 7 fully sup11ortod the 2,ppollnnt I s conv ct ion wllic~1 ho suboi ttod uc,s sound., Nro Huso, urgod tllis CoUJ:'t to pb.old \ the tl'id court I s findir}[· tho.t the 1)ondit.s wor<:li f;_i,b:ricc,tod b r tho o,ppellont himself in his 01m L1ind. ,.'.J.l the throe gentlemen ssossors spocificclly :;:-oj'octocl t:10 story e,1:iout bcndi ts. Tho first c:rucie.l pfoco of ovidonco c.t tho tricl ·wo.,s th ,t given li;r tho clococsocl's cousin, ?oW.5 S!.LOM:S JO.[IN, 2,cco:rding to w}·,.ich t~:,.c,t r:101'nin£ t:10 doco::i.sGd o.:rrivod o1n his r:;.otor cyclo c d got hi;:1solf c, boy cc,llcd r:tclot).Wa (Po W~ 6) to take him to the llou e of the cppollrnt to collect Lis, tho dococsed' s, · Shs.5,000/= from tle J e,ppollcnt. 12,toT tb.o docoe,sGd wont to P.W.5 1 s house o.go..in, ~d passed by, scyinc thc.,t he wc,s going· to tLo 0ppoll2,nt I s father's ho o ns tho c..p:pollc.nt hr.'.d s,,icl ho wz,,s koopinf_; his money Ic,t . his fo,tl:o I s. Tho o,ppoll::nt, on ::, bicycle, roclo behind tho docco,socl. Yet tho do coc.sod po,sscd b;;r C.C<-:in, cnr:r:yin6 tl:.o 2,ppoll2,nt on the docee,sod 1 s, r:iotor-cyci.o, c..r1d sc.,ying tho.,t he he,d• got only Shs I 31 000/=, so t~J.OY 1:70:rG go inc to t::o c.,:9pollr,,nt I s houso w!~.m:6 ho would g ,t tho bo,1.:-.nco of Shs. 2,000 /=o Tho assortion tt~d t~10 cloco2,sGd end tl10 r,ppollc.nt wore n o;:-,cl1 other I s comp8..rlY w2,s st:.l)j;,ortod by P. ;-; o 6 GODFREY !,IT..::.L:'.:!t.ti..:i., tho youth nho sc.,ic"c !.:o wo,s c~~riod. 1)y- tho docoo..sod on 11 :cod. notor"'-cyclo to t:.10 )·wuso of tho ;::,ppollwt, cx1d who clso corroborc-..tod ?.U.5's to ti;~1ony thc..t ·et one sti,,go tho o.,ppollent roclo e.. bicycle behind t:·.:.c doccnso who wc..s c,:;_:,pollv,nt so..icl there wr~s nonoy., There 1-n1s f1..D:tl.~o:r tho test ·r:1ony of ••• 0. 0 0 /3. .A 3 TIY.:DPIST..:'i. 1'1.'.:.TI.CIC.DES, P 0 W. 10, wllo sc.w_- tho a,ppollc..nt, ho.r n ighbour, being co.J:riocl by tho c1..cco:::,sod on c, rod ootor-cyclo on tl10', DG.terial I clc.y 2...11c. later tho s2.:10 d~:3·, :1t e,bout 11 o..m., tl:o wi tncss lee.mt I th.-,.t t:10 dococ.s0d b.v.d 1::con killed nt t~.10 2.ppollcnt' s hous o In his olm evidence tho o..:)1)01lant concodod thd ec'U'lio.r t ~at nornine; killed., ;.·-. . notor-cyclo wo,s found r..t tho scone of tho kill P.LTRICL.. D,lUD, P.-J. 7, who described tl.:o ap:pollcnt cs. son of ny ehonoji'1 , spoke of sooi:nc t)1e dcicce,sod runn:i.n[; c~1D.sing tl,.0 doco2.soc:. o..ncl cutting hir.1. This dc13c1~iption ot o,ccoi·.1noclr.:.to tl:o D.l)pollc,nt 1 s version of tho violent incido t - about fonding off ;:-.11 c..tk.ck by bmidi ts 9 nor clicl the P.F. 3 ropor , which s2.id thd tho c.,::_)pellc,nt h.'.1Cl 11 IJo ;-,;:i.rks of violonco 11 , sup:i.)o.rt th 2,ppollc,nt's :iJ..1e,gin2..:ry Md oxtrc.vuGc.nt clc.in thc.t "Tho nttnck on i:lO very vicious",. Tho ovidonco c.go,inst tho 11:ppollc,nt was loud o.nd clo,. c.nd in the lic}:.t of it t~·j_o def once wcs nrid encl s:L::ply hor,olosso dococ,sed 1 s killil1(;; w2.s~ 2,s tho· loo. rnod tricl jud.Go ronarkecl, to rogo.. the Shs., 3,000/= the n,ppollcint hnd rofundod to the doconsod .!:'.n to ,::i,voic1.. pc:Jril1g tllo 1Jalo.nco of Shso 2,000 /=c Such w.:1,s tho stupondo power • Wo ere st1.tisficcl. ·br,t tho offonc0 of r.111.rdor w,:,.s osta.b ished boyon~l 1:-02.sonn.blc clou1Jt encl tlld tl::.c e,ppoc.l is cler..rly dev. id of uorito 1-1 o a.ccorclil1t:5ly disr.1iss it o - - L<' > 4 D.LTED at ff,T.::.WZ.L tl1is 1st . ·c_ay Of , Aug--ust 1 1988. '\ ( L JI. I{;J{l:.l'.'!E) ff JW3TICE OF APP.E.Z:L (n. Ho KIS...'J\TGJ.) JUSTICE OF L.PPE.:~ (f~. I-r. L. OMJ'.R) JUSTICE OF !..:PFE.LU, ... I certify tho,t this is 0, true copy of tho oric;im~., (s.k) DIT.l?UTY REG ISTRLR: 1 ... -J