19940831 TZHC Dar es Salaam2

(Pron o:.-cic:i.nol. Crininal C::.cc i!c. i 24 of 1993 0£ tho Di::rtrict Baforc o.s~II.C::1:.ilfJ.:i.UL:JI.. , Dii .. i RAlJAm1".JillI I}QIIJu,lEDI J;ID.ISiJD ~ •• , ◄ ....... ..... u .. C . . . , .fJ'PELI.JilJT (Oxi:;m:J.. Aocu.scd) TIIB D1JITED RE?LillLIC. • ~ •• , , • , •• • • , 4 .. • .. ,..., • 4 ,. . . . nESPOlJDElJT ( Oriciuc.1i P.rosooutor) J U JJ Cl L :C lT T ~.10 [>,,ppolln.nt encl t'i-ro ct:\Gr pGrsons, 1rl.10 wo:ro tho :f'i:r:ri :-:.:1cl ooooncl a.ocuscd, wc:ro jointly oonvictacl of' sh()'J_) brcalcinG ci,htl :::foalii-ic:;. They wcro 0 •.-.;0~1 oonfonood to oicht yonxs inpIIi- ::io11r.1cnt~ Th~ first 211cl occo;--,,,:1_ 2.ooui:ioc:t havo not a;pponlad. On 1D Auc,ust 199 3. t::c 00,.11:.loinn.nt ts shop was 1.niol'".cn into 2:~ '2in!.1:i.c:::i. V'ill~o in lCiloa:~ D:i.s-\;:::-iot.. Sevoro.l sl1op Goods wcro _:-sl;olon f'ron tho shop, i::::o oonplaino.,.,:t, PH"1 .Abda.1.l.ah lh-mni.ni. 1~-~ rooovorGcl sor.10 of -t:~o ntolon propcxtiGs ii.1 possession of if1cf' first c:-,.r...cl the sooo::J.(_l 2.'.J01.12oc1.. These ua:i:.'G reoovo:rcd about nnc m:nth la.tor., Tho :f:Lrz-'.; n;:u1 sGcond. nccusocl ;::,,,l1030dly ;;,,dm.-· • ttcc. that thei had br0k<JE into -i:;110 shop un,J.. ·h2.Cl btolon the l)I'oportics, sono of whioli. -~::.oy saicl wore ,r.i.th t:10 appGllnnt•s b:Jll.SG. ilhon tho a11pcll[:'.i1-'i; 1 ::1 ~1ous0 w2.s SG3l:'Oh two pieces of a].o~s a.,'1£1 a pa.-i.x of kl1i:-.11e:,-r.. ucro roooverod. Tha oomplainant sc.:j.cl those woro his propo:r-tion. IIc clie. not sey how ho id~t:L- ficd then., T';10 o,ppolla.r:.t' s dal'onoo was that thoso were his propo:rtios.. T!1.o orucinJ. poii.1t hoxo is t:10 ,idontif:i..oation o:r the p::r:opcrties faund in the 2,ppollnnt• s houso., 'fuose ifC1'e items o:Z oo,::iic1on usG, rcnclily ml,ibla i..11 the shops•. It h=i.s been hoLl in n~ daoisi0ns or t.:::.is court t!:at 1-d1GJ:'<1 1)1'01)(3:L't:f.os ,.illoeocl to have -i:lcon st0lc11 ;:,;ro rooo~d, tho oomp~"dlla.nt ·2/, ..... • . ,. 2 ..; r.n.wt c;ive spocif'io oaxks o:Z iclm1ti ty 3.llc.1 sta:to how ho identifiad i::cn, Ih:,;1rn atatononts by n. wi tncs::i ·Lc1.~ he :'J.ont:i.f'focl the propc:rtiGs 1.'Xo ;1.ot sufrioien~ ~:is i? var;/ i::1po:i:'-ii::..nt, 03pecia.J.ly w:101'0 the p:r )po:dios nxc itoms w'i:dch aro reo.il!ll,y nvc,:.la1Jlo in tho shops.. A witness i:cy nnko an honest r:i.ista.kc by r,10::cct\y 11-t~,.:ilin,3 t:1n.t tho p:r,)pm'tiGs reocvoJ:ocl lxl'J.one to hi.::1, I-b is quita posciblc t:).2..t tho cor:1plainant i;J.,oU{.,'llt that t:i.:.o ldui.n:.ja. OJ.l.c.1 ·i;wo pieces of clotl:::.s :2::;..m::.l in tho nppelln.i'-t 1 s sou.so, jue·b 1Jcor,nso suoll i tct1s wcro stolon f:iwn :..is shop.. Tho so ooulC:. :)G the appcll2,nt 1 s p:ropo:rtios, It C?.nnot 7Jo sa.iJ. t:10.t tho oonplaincmt irlontificd ii:lor::a p:uc:,Qrtios by merely sto;liii1.:; -'i;:ic/G they WGJ:'G l.,is propo:ctiGs~ I nc:roo with ~,. . t>u:t' 13lonrloa, tho loa.rnocl a'!.~.:bo .:i,tto:ttney1 who .clool:i.J.1ecl to suppo:rt ·llho oonvi- otion, tho.t tho ohnrc_;e 8{;·r-j_11.n,t ·f:o ~ppollant was not }?l'oVod. The apporu.. is n.llouocl. ;.:.~:o oonViotion is qu3,sllod o.nd t!~,o mmtonoo is soi nsido • T.:.1G·!• a.ppella..11t ahoull :Jo roloasccl f:rom oustoey :forthwith 1.mlo.::is ho is o-&11arwioo lc:J,'\'lf'u.lly halc.1 .. . ' JUDGE D~ cs Salc.c1I:1 ' 31ai:i Aurµst, 1994 Appolln.nt ,:ibscnt lb: ,Dlnnclos, State A.ttoxnoy, fo:1' tho Republic.