19881210 TZCA Dar es Salaam3

CRIMIN1L fffLAL N~ 12 OF 1938 BETWEEN" K '\ ZILO SIMBIL 'I • o•OOC'OOe• .,,".i,..,oo• .n.c, R,--,;-,UJ3LI T Ut .t..r C • • ! d o ~ o o • • • • o o e, •:) 'o o • RlS ro 11.l JD-T.NT - ( :'i ppeal from the conviction r1i'_:::_ sentence of the Hi;,;h Court of Tanz;:i:j.1.: ..<; Tabora) ( Korosso, J. ) OM \R, J. '.1. : convicte!i of murder - contrary to· sect::.r.<:'. 196 of the :t°P.n:,il Code • . domestic quarrel. fqmily (F.·11. 2) that th-.. J used· to qu,nrcl ?rcquently ':lnd r conciliation 0 was 3rranred and th~ disp~~~ was s0ttlP~ But on the f3teful night, according to ·'::_;.-. '.lf"f-'GlJ ant's dof-2nc~, ,t.,,:J !. ..•..••_:. as hP., the ar.,pell'3nt, ·irnuld not h-:1v·.3 hc,r ,::·..-rmorr in his house becausr- of hor pr-:rsist.::ncG in tryin$ to :i.:J.voJ.vc him in the ,,.. • • • • I c. r, • pra-0tice -0f witchcr~f.i wbich she used to to die. h0 told hflr to v3c:1t,c ·i;ln house wher·,1upo:::. 1.1 ho retort€'!d th-:1t ' would put poison in his ro;rrid[l'e, r11e, ,r-p:,llarrt axe which was hanging on th0 w.:111 f::ill. o}::: :rnd cut h?r on the h:::>ad•. Thon th,.: appellant ran t,o ·'_:lu 'police, .st:::1tion with an axe. This was clearly a reouii1~}0n of tho confession clnd th0 l':"3rned couns:J. for the appellc:i!_._: Ur. Kc1hangwa took it up and told the court that the le-1r11-<,l. ·i:rial judge forgot to :iddress the 3ssossors on this poin-t 1 ::J.iicl1 was a non- dir8ction,. and which vLbtE'd thc, entir~, ,,:~·oc::cdings. Th(' ass,,ssors w01re unabl:, -::hcrE.'for0 to J'.l1r_.:,.i.c.:.pntc with the tri:::il judge in deciding who·i;h,,r corrobor1tion o} -~he confPssion w1s ' nr-eded or tho:1t th~,Y t;, :co 0 satisfied th:: ..:, ·:;b,:i confession could not but be true. We agreE> with thJi.s submission by £.~:(•, Kapanp:wa. in which we held ~hat s~ch cl trial c1nno~ be qonstrued to be a Tul ubu zya Bi turo v •.. R. , i1l_rhonce T"hil:i)). ):::\ v. R. •. Criminal rtpPP,31 No. 27 of 1979). • • e II / ) J t· -~ ... • ~-✓ 3 ,, The le.:;ir..~C'd. S1:).nior 5t1tG '1ttor11 </ :1c;:s, not · silprort the conviction Pith0.r •. In ·0:1.. ·. ,.' SL,.lt, wr· allow tho. ar,p0al, qu,ash thQ conviction, s.,t ·::::·~_('., ~h,, SE•ntcnc0 '1P..d order a ne.w t~f-c-;.~-,;-, ... .. ,,:·i A ..~\. ( ' ,e, "\ Dttlp at. M{;i!•?;.t;~, th~~ >f Oth d:w oi' :J~·.combcr,. 1988. . A •. -c·'. . '.,,:,· ·/, :.~· .'•.·.,,,:::::,,." I .\ \ ("') \. \ \ °'<:. <. '\'' , , ~ ~ - <. _;> ' •·. '·•\ ··-/2:,'' ·. ; Y/2 ·•·1 ·~ ,f~~- '1 Io ,· -·:, .•.• Cl L. NYLL,\LI ~ ~- h ~ I o...lJ "..i ,, /- '· - r• · --'.'. ·r;, JUc rn I r,T: ~ \t,r'llil '-1~··:·~~~...: L ~ ~ ~~~P' I:. !:~o MP.KAML -~->;>}~IC!. 0P.' \FH..\L 1 . :. ,.\. __.,.,,,,,----. -, .....-..... :'.It,. oe''"" t ~ / ·:~ . -_' r ·{·_ " ":'_ < ' . , - ,.. ,- ,:~:<:.. ·l,...,h • .. .... n.r ' tl. :1-l':'.·;·:11:i:, .• ~:,, .. •-_.,_;..:_~~_;-',.;., C'½7 .., J; OM;\ R. r,rrr •,1 , .I,• • -~ l ' '·•'' ··"'..·:··.:·:\ j~ . " {I • 1 -~. !.:. -:·· • - .• ; t! ,: •. i: ce.r t:fy_ tti:lt' ·,;,n~.· 1s i:!'•:.,-..: ✓ I '1, . . . , . .t• •• a rt riuo ,, cop:~· of the original. ' ' -~.- ·. ~;.;·, (, \ ..... ~. . \ ·: ,i, ""-' ' : :; '-~,/ _/ .2,. jl: '\ ' ~, / • I 'l I~~ ~:~ ........ _,,.,,,,/ ~;-"' . J ... ~- --------. •..-;. <· ''>.., ~., I ~ ~ ➔,•~---~-;,; :---~4:"'',. ~ tb/v'lk "fl( V ( J. F. r,~r.OFF1 ) S}'~i'TI o::I :i:GrUi:n.Y P.E.G.I~lTRJ\R - - - • . 4 • - . , . ~ : f S . ;. . .