19880504 TZHC Dar es Salaam

· APPELLATE vtJRISDICTl:o~ · IlIGIT COm'd' cnrimu..t APPEf..L NOitl.63 OF 1907 . . . (F.rom orir;inal Criminal C::1.so No• 403 of 1904 of tha District Co'l.ilnl of Mororgoro District n.t Moroc,-oro) Bofors, C,r:r. mtrLOGILE, Esq; Prinoipa1 District M. . ..c:i.ilri.rato STEl'I!EN KliROLI • t • • • • • • 11 • • ♦ • t • o • ♦ • • • e • • • o • • • t • • tt • • • ·• • • • • • t .APPELLIJ.YT . · · · _( OriGil1r.l. i~owoct) · versus TIIE Ui:TITED REPUBLIC. • • • • • • • o • ~ •• ~ • ,, , • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ~ .nESPOJ:f.nE.H-1' ( Oricincl FTosGotrlior) . J U D G E M E 11 T Tho ~ppellant, StephGlt It--.xoli w~s ohnr5 od in tho District CotlJ:'t of Uoroeoro, at Morocoro with tho offenoa of obtr.i.nina nonay ~_ft'..lso pro''ii<moos c/s 302 of tho Pr.C, lie wl\S charC'od tocc,thor· with two o·~her pcrs~. The pn:rticul~s of tha ohargo n.s introdv.ood at tho t:t-:i..nl 2J:-a tlu-:b on 10/6/1984 at a.bout ll,00 n.,m., tho appollnnt with two otll.or.. porsons, within Morogoro Township along Morago~ Road, did obte.in oc,,eh sl1a.40,ooo/- fron one Mohc'.Dcd Ynlq~ by f'e.lsc4" prctandinc tho:~ th.O.V m:>uld sell 20 baes of rioe ·~o lrl.r!lj but this raprcsontation tha appellant · r..nd hi.a oo...Iio.born.tors ltnaw· or h21l rcf'-sons to believe thn.t -m-..a UJ.ttl'ue .. In tho orurse of tho tric.l the first aocusad jul!lpod ba.ilg subscqu.ont'.cy tho prosooution continued to pr-ova tho ccso nG2.i11st tho roma.ird.nc:·r-.oou.eod. :inoluclina the appellant. Bo-'vh w-oro oonviotod ru.1d scmtonood cs follows~ •. 2nd t'.'.OOUsod we,s -~ ilod ono yac.rj 3rd Moused { t..ppcll.::nt) w~s jciled threo yoo.ra. Tho appellant w::-,s c'Lissr,tisfiod with the 0011v:Lotion encl sGnteitoe 2..,.-,,d .:-.r,pcmlad to this Court. Mr• Kor:ioyo, LGo:rnod Sto..ta kt-'i;o:rney h,::.s e,ppeq:rod "in this t-!.Pl)Gn.l for tho Republic., IIG hc;,s supportod the conviction 2.ltd scntenoo. As ho ric;htly pointed out, the c,ppo1lc'ltt presented 11 e,-rounds of c.ppoP.l, btrl; all of theo f'.XG Gxpross~ 0118 point, nrunoly, tho dofcnoe of cl.ibi- Tho r-,ppollnnt nlleead at the tricl., cU'ld in his ocr.:1orl'l1ctun to this Cov.i..-t, tho.t he never saw tho conplci..."1c.nt o.t the o..~torial c'!.n;tc nor wr>..s he given nonoy by PWl. n.s the nppellcij1t wr..s il1 Bu,rw'ldi. T'.w.is appGol is n. stro.icht f'ol:t·TP.rd one n.nd roquires no strcnoous of-fort Jlio oonsidor nnd c.leoiclo. B0foro I crivo rv d_ooision, I will 0,tJi;enpt to re-stc.te tha fnots of t11a o;:,.so. ·rt is crystol. _oloa;r, from tha evidonoe of t!to oomplainnnt - PWl ·~hc-,.,t tho a.ppollDnt end the o·ther two r.oo-1.\Scd. r..pproaohod PW1 • That tho 2lld ooouscd introclllced the n.pp0llont ::,.i1el ·tho ls-', ooousod - tho ln.ttcr ju.oped bcil1 ~ PW1, s ~ thn.t; pcrh2-ps c..a PWl •s . f.:-..-'Gll.or wcs [iOlJl8 to opon [', ho-',ol, M -~oiil.d rGquiro rico. PW]. sr-,icl th-1.t - 2 -inc1Ged he would. :require sono, Tho appellant spooifically told. PWl. •\, tlui.t he had 20 bMS of rioe~r'..clc'ly n.t ~ia..11.i· end cc.q~_:::'b.ac wc.s salli.11{; [',t shs,2,000/-• 11.ftor soma . c1isoussions n.'ld assuron~,a~\~..._,.t th.G 2-ppc"." llC.11t ,tould ·daliver tho rioe witbin throe dcys, Ptn. Clo""rood to civo ~ho o.ppollnnt shs.40,000/- or.sh," ·but bofaro ho clid thct, witnesses wai~o oylled to witness the tro;.1sc'..O-'.;ian.. Tho appellant· h0vine roooiwd -b~:.a oonay disa.ppero-ed tocother w.f. th the othor ooousotl ;:'lld never ccnG ;Jrok to PWl, The c.ppelln.nt we.a sic;htod by m in Morocoro to-wn ridinc c. bi.oyola+ m stopl)Gd <4-"ld ~es·ted him. Ho b:row.sht the appellc.nt to PWJ. 1 s fo.ther for interroed;ion. Wi~osses were ccllod to heri:r whn.t· tllo r..1,3:,olla.nt would say cl)out the noncy. As par tho cVidenoo on :reoorct1 the t:.,p:polll'llt rumitted bofo.rG PWJ.f s fo.,thor oncl witnesses thn.t he fcilod to o;et tho rice pa.ddy ond return.ad tho monoy to -'che second aoousod :tor· deliVGJ.'7 to m.. But the 211d :.:i.oou.scd wD.S never soon by PWl. fro.:.i tho elate the oonoy wns h.::ndod to t:10 ap1)0llo.nt.. PWl O.?IJo to soe tho scoond ncouaod after ha.VinG boG11 <".l."':.:estad by the police.. But i.nfnot PWl. w-r.·,e never G'iVGn the nonoy bc.ok. It is nl.so evidont on rocol'd. thart l't-12 r'J'lt'I. PW3 ware present c1.t tho ·liioe mien Pill Gn.vc tho nonoy to tho c.,ppelln.i'"lt. All those wi tnosscs have. 0·011i'in:lod tha.t thoy wro on.llod by M to witnoss tl~ trnnsootion tha.t was coine on betwoon Pffl nnc1 the n.ppollMt, · These wit11essoe oounted tho raonoy ::md oonfi:rmed tha.t it W.'.'.S shs.40,000/":"• iihan .th.o rloo-paddy wo.s not broueht to Pffl 1 nor wns the shs.401 000/- not return- ed to lum, the a.ppollant 211d his collclJorntors wcro SO"UGht1 t?.llrostact n.n.d. oh~ted with tho offorico 1l.:>.ioh is the subjoot of this o.ppon.1. · T'..io nppollo.nt {;ave 110 su'bstc'l1tiol cviclenoo to injoot ~ roe.soll<."lhle . doubt in tho mind of the tricl M.".11istrate . to s,::.tisfy bin that "i;!:.o prosecution lnokod -proof _beyond ro~onabla cloubt. Tho r,ppollo..nt sioply er.id -'.;h..1.t hG did '10t . ultnow whothar the prosoov.tio11 u2.s t e l ~ lios. or not. Then ho prooooded on to :rcl.sa the dafenoa of Dl.ibi by saying that ha w-ns in Btmnl.C1i. I Ll<..i'"'Toe with Ur, Komeye that the 2.j_)i)Ollc.nt I s moro r..osortion thn.t hG w,:,,s in J3u:ru:i:1t1.i lrolood DJlY supportive rtroo:i? ~ Of oourse the 11ppollc'llt did not h::-..vo to prove beyond doubt tb...1.t on the dey in quootion ho wr,s in Burundi• In ey Ol)inion, whnt t·ms reqlli.rod of bin u,1,s to convince the c9'l,ll't th!1t 011 trot dey ho was not in Moroe;oro. Yet, t!J.Gro is tho evidenoo of cll tho proseouti011 w.itnossas who 00(3'Gnt'.cy- tostif'iocl thd thoy s.-,.w the a.ppollmt, thsy tclkod to !lira, ooun·ted tho ooncy before hl.o uiul thon h.mded the noney to bir:l, Thero is nothincr on reoard, or Gvcn· by ioplion.tion, thn-t tends •to ·show no th,_1,t those witnG~sos woro telling lios. I .:'.Il thoreforo s,'1tisfied that tho trit-J. court proper~ o&littod tho GVid911.00 of tho prosecution witnosscs ;m.d ..rc.s richt whon ho 'held that the prosoo®i.on oc..sc wn.s provod beyond ron.s011cilile doubt,.. Tho eVidonoe n.t tho trial occillst tho appellant ,~na so ovcrwh0l.mi11G thc.:ti tho npperu., · whon filod bd'oro this oourt, Ol:l&lt to havo beGn sunoarily rGjao~Gd by this oourt, That being the position, I- nm sr.tisfiod th'---,,t the a,ppocl 112..s no norit l'llC1 ~a suoh it hc.i.s to be disnissod, and I so disniss it now. 3/•••••• -:-: 3 - As £or the sontonoe, on inprisonoont of 3 yGa:rs cc1nnot be said to · be. excessive in the oirouns~anoes of tho ot:.se and in view of -tho coloss~.1 SUI!l of nonay stolon from tho complt>.innnt (PWl). I 1~1 · mat thorefore interfere with tho sentonoe. tJ~ ( A. C.rim.EMA) PRDJCIPAL RESIDEtJT ~MGISTrui.TE(Ext. Jurisd. ) 4/5/19fJ8. Juc1,t;nont dated 4/5/DD a.,d Hiss Khae'lY :f'or the Republic, present. \ r· . ~\iv> (A.C.MREMA) PnilTCIPll.L RESIDENT MAGIST.ru'i.TE(Ext. Juri0do) 4/5/1900,.