19880801 TZCA Dar es Salaam4
- ' c::;.rr·rn.T.)L JJ'PE.U. NO.. 24 OF 1 938 OOC'OCOOO o e o . PELLANT VEJ.S-:.TS T'.T.S Il.EPUGLIC ... 0 0 0 0 ~ 0 0 .. • 0 • ' T:'SPOIIDEHT, (Appe2,l fron t:.-:>.c conviction of the IIich C v.rt _of Tc111'."~ank 2,t r;:·:r1uTZA) (Hun;rera, J") Da,ted the 15th da;y of Dec0m1Jer, i 9G7 in Crimin2.l...
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- 19880801 TZCA Dar es Salaam4
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- TZCA
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- Tanzania
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- 1 August 1988
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- en
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- ' c::;.rr·rn.T.)L JJ'PE.U. NO.. 24 OF 1 938 OOC'OCOOO o e o . PELLANT VEJ.S-:.TS T'.T.S Il.EPUGLIC ... 0 0 0 0 ~ 0 0 .. • 0 • ' T:'SPOIIDEHT, (Appe2,l fron t:.-:>.c conviction of the IIich C v.rt _of Tc111'."~ank 2,t r;:·:r1uTZA) (Hun;rera, J") Da,ted the 15th da;y of Dec0m1Jer, i 9G7 in Crimin2.l Sesoions JUDG.J:·=lf\JT OF TFill COURT contra.r;r to sect ion i 96 of the Pem,l Code .. on 7/6/86 at 6 o-::..~ 7 p.m. at c1 pombe shop ~JY P.:-r 1 Mwajuma :people in quick successionG The fjJ:st one was the de eased who ,mnted his Shsa 100/= note c;:1anged by P.:·'i". i ancl t:.1e s cond person W[';.S the appellant who 02..llecl his mother DoWo 1 (who 1-r2, · among the drinke:;. s) and told he:.: t:r'.,t Sl1c15e 1 s boys lw.d. beaten 11·11., 0 Shage is P.U.5., .\ppellc-,nt then pulled out a, lmifc end sho1..1..ted he,t if he eve~!:' sn.H any of Shc.ge I s mc..n he 1,ould kill him,. Th0 dece2,s • , the son of him by e;ottin6 close:~· to :tli::1. Then ::.10 stc.bbcd on the loft side of tho c:1est., Dococ"'..Ood wc;,lked cbout tuo stc~,s cm foll do1m. P 0 :-!.5 tlco d.occe,sod I s f;:,,the:: uho hild just cnto1·od t:10 p o,cc found commotion n,nd hom'd t).1r.~t ~2is son BRASE lmd ";x,cn lr.n:i.fod no wont whore ho lo.;;.·, bent dmm 2.;.1d 1T2.s just insp0 ct ins his oo ' s wound ·when tho 2,ppolli:-:.nt o..tt2,ckoa. }1im uith o., lmifo twice from boh d,, P.,T·T.5 ~ 0;; 0 0. /2 ., - 2 - tv.z-nod and gr0,bbed tl10 V-:Jl)Oll2..11t ~ ovorpoworod. him a throw him on tho groundo l'. • 2 ~· P o ·r !'!.2.ng 10.,n;'.j'2. 2,11d. p o T,j 0 0 C !n,D.J. lI'<-·, ;. 0, . " ,;-r,.10 ' l ~o p:r·osent thoro m:::,n,',god to sndch the lcnifc f-.com. tho a:ppolln.nt.. On c:-.·oss-c.xamin2,tion P,."'.<f.5 denied that ho wo,r.:; tho:ro 2.t tho ;pombc sho2;) fo · some time drinking, he 2.vm:-rod tho,t ho w,s just pi:,ssing by' when ho was tt:ra,ctcd by the · commotion. Tho cc.use of do2,th 0,s civcn in tho Post 1'Ioi·to. Report w::is · hco..:;:t injv.ry c2,using m2.ssivo lmomotho:rd.x. The c,ppc e,nt Sc:-,idi M2.bcr0? in his sto..tom0nt on c,£firmc.tion st~tcd 'th0,t onmity bot1-~con himself 2.nd Sl.12-ge I s sons. On 1 /61/86 they beat him or n. qun.rrol .. Ro ropo:('i,od to the ton con lee,do;c and _tho dispute A woek l,~t:::i· ho mot tho se-mo sons of Shagc, balled r1Iasl c,uri nnd Madenge, I c,nd tJ.io;;; g_1.10.X'rollod ao:,il1 d the Pombo S-riop ct M2.su "CO.. Vill2-gc over Shs .. 100/= note of his 1:rhic:1 en old csil'} fl'"'iond of 12 s he,d sno.,tcl1ocl. from h:L.1. This {Sirl hc..pi)o:.1od to be sitting with Sh2. 1 s sons. So ho vr...,,s 2.tt2,ckcd CL[;nin 1)y them when he dcm::,n.dod his mo ey bncka T'.aoy were SC:!,)2.1'o..tod 1Jy people tho:;. 0 7 Md he ucnt b1:.,ck to }; lmbwn Vill2-gc 0 up to P O Yo 1 1 s pombc sl10:p wI.10:.'c ho saw h1s mother 2,nd o told her whn.t Sh2.go 1 s sons n:oi!. done to llL1. Sh2.gc himself (P.rT 5) 0 o,ppcned to be tho:cc with his son ]3r2.shi (tho dcconsod) and he robvJc d him (.Appelk.nt) fol' mentioning his cl1ild..i"".'en. Shc,gc then gro,bbod him to tho grovndo Deco2.sod took o., stick and st2-::. tod to 0 Ap!)OlL.:-nt h2.d. 2, knife c..t t).1c time so when h0 ,;;2,s on tl ground c..nd Shngo on top of him, ho the 2.ppello.nt mD-1')-cl{;Ocl to sto..b '12,goo Tie smr in the turmoil the cl.ecoe,sod was injl.ll'"',cd but ho did not know whether he h&i stn1)bcd hirn.. On cross-cx,:i,mino.tion .A:9:90 lr.mt o..erocd tlmt he hD. d st2.1)1)Cd him (the clocco.,scd) bcfo1~0 ho hnd. s c.,bbcd dccc2.scd, s i f2.ther, Sh.2-~o AppoJ.12-nt. celled his mother as ~1is ui't oss who said • • 1' 0 G ./3· '-~~- / / ,. ' . \ ., I ,-· -3- ,,,,_,_ '"''"("\ 1 "' -,t t 11 1 '" t :.-·. .,L, i..J.:..J. ., TT' \' :...,.,; L... i.Ao 0 J: ")0!"1L,.,v n) iJ.:.._ .!.::' on t'1 c !a<.., 1 0""' .!.• -~ .. tc···1· ~ ""'l d~k,• ''11d• "'"'T·T ••#1:i c..:., <..-., °'--;,~- four· "COTlC 1-" l-) (She,go e,nd. his tl1Tcc sons) ~)cc.ting :1cr son arul sol t!10 o..ppclll'-nt st2-b1°}cd the dccoe,sod i..YJ. self dofonco o M:;.•& nut2-mb<1-lr.:., J.c~'..·:nocl Co1-mscl fol' tho C1.i)1JCl.lc.nt 01-mcd. thc.t ho did. not h:-,vo much to offoi' ~):r uc;y- of o.cfonco as tlto killing 1/T',s done in 1J:roc,cl do,:· lif;l.1t c,nd 1ritnosscd b;y· mo.n3r people., IE:.?. S1rc,i, lccrnod Covnscl foi· the Rc:9t1JJlic ou;;i:9ortccl t].1.e: conviction L11:pclk,nt 9 ho ::mid; killed ,::i,n un2.:rmcd r:12,;'.l ~.nd 1rithout cm~, provoqc,t ion,. Tho sto::i:'y tl1c~t tho kill inc; u2,s J?J.'ccodod. by 2, q1.1.c.'"'.I'rol o,t Mu..i,jum2, 1 s :pombc shop ~ WC-S 2,n ~ft01~-th01.lG,-f1.t • '\Tc O,(!;.!.'Oc iri tll t:1..0 tri2.l jv.dgc '~ finding tb.2,tl 2-1,}?cllc.nt 02..nnot sc.~/ thc,t he killed in soJ.f d.cfcnco or p~ovocc.'.tionJ Tho lov..rncd trio,l judc;o 2.nc,l;;,,-sod the cvj_d.oncc on both sides, 2-nd c::.~rnb to the conclusion t~1c'-t it wun moi 0 out of revenge th2,t the r,p:pcllontl 2-tte,ckcd o.,rul 0 killed t:10 cicccascd 2Dd tl:.is 1rr:..s witncs_p.~·O. oy :~01..½-·I d_isinto:;:-ostod prosocution witnesses~ . ,. •~ r , In t~1c 1:csuJ.t we find the o,ppccl b.c..s no rnorH o.nd we dismiss ito j D.\TI'.D at NI'JA£TZ.A tl1is 1st do,y of Au.gust, 198U .; ·,,. (L ~;1, $ .... 1,P,r,,n_~) .-,JJ.\...----' ... JUSTIC;TI OF ~\PPJ!.U, (Ro II. KIS/IJ.ITGA) J1JSTIC:3 OF .1PP:::1Ui . ':t : •'!;, (/'.. .-e,.. !'.i.o ·,r,,..,9 · Q11T"1n) ...;._-..l , J. JiJl3T.IC5 OF APP:r.':J:.L I co:rt ify ta2.t thin is £1.. truo copy of tb.o OZ'idiru.?..l. ., (So KLJI)A D~UTY _;}EGIST3li1J:l ,/'/'