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IN •:rHE HIG,:I 00Ul1T OF Ti-d-JZiiliIA lf/c 7/ t·lfJ. t . ,:~P?EJ,L'4TE JURISDICTION . i··· HJ:GtP:COTJRT CRIMH{lJ, AEPDAL No. 99 ·oF 1977 .:.:.:!· ... 1 . . ORIGIN/,.L CRIMINAL 'CL.SE No. 78 OF· 1977 OF TIIB DISTRICT COURT OF rmmx:L DI3TRICT AT KONDOL Ht.. :'.''SLNI MOILL::JD . . . . ... ·.• . . . .. . . -versus . .. ... . P.:ESPONDENT :CH/1.RGE: : lst Ct __: }.;ous0-broaking c/s 29,'l( 1 ) of the Penal CoC:..c · · 21itl :ct;-: s-t·e8.ling• c/ s 265, of' ·the Pena.l Code J.U D GM E' NT --- · The 2.ppellant~ Hasso..n Mohr:ti:1Gd, was convj_ct-aJ by Kondoa ilDistrict ccurt .-of d;he offEmces of housebrealdnc: nncl stealing c/ ss 294 ( 1 ) and 2-65 of thG :::?enal Code res~')•;cti vely, Md was sen.tenced, respG cti vely, to five y:;:;ars 2.nd twelve nonths iJ1prisc-nr-r:em·i;, which sehte::.J.C(;)_S. w_erc ordered to run concurrently. HG now nppcml$ ·2:-ca~11st b.9.tb,: c~-:\1.vj_ction nnd s~t~~s. · ~ · The facts,which we':rc not at :..11 in rhspute, ,_-·.re that the · conplainEmt' s hoU,se wns brdrnn in.to on 5th F:Jbrr•.;;,ry, 1-977, ·. sonetine bGt,j;een, ,1-0~00 2-.n. 2nd 1 ~ 00 1) .n. r,nc:.. several article:::; 9 including 2~ shirts, /lr bod-shijots, 2 ble:nkets, six pnirs of socks tmd 2 k2.r,r;r.1,s, were stolen thi.:rofrc:o. On 13/2/77 thG co,·:plc..~ine.nt' s hu:;ibGnd (Pw. 2) · s2.w the appe· lnnt wearinc, a sh.it-t which Pw.2 iclen·;;:di,_:c.1 tc, b0 one of tho

o,rticl0s stclan fron his house. When th:_; ;J.~_;pcllr:mt was asked as to how he c2:,,·1e to possGss the- shirt;· he snid \ that it was given to hi.TI by one Issa. .Asked if h,: had any other 2.rticlas, th~J_ o.ppoll2,nt snid th2.t he hnd none. When Pw .2 suggost8d thc,t the appellant's house s 1 ould be seP.rched. tho a Pl)elle.n t cbr,nged his stanc0 and said th,'3.,t h,3 had piclrc£. up thc- shirt 2,nd other articles at Kond0a on 5th FGbruary 1 977 at 12. 30 p .n •. When the c..:;1JJellant' s he-use wo,s searchod, they _found a big parcel cont2.ininc; ·.:.lnost all th(~ conplo,in?,nt 's stolen articles except thr30 shirts, 3 bed-shc0ts and one bl2.nket. In his defence the appellant asserted thc,t h,3 had picked then up on his wo.,y hooe. The lea rned. trial district n2.gistr2.to rej,:;cted the ::::.p~Jellant I s defence and held that the ap:l:'1ello..1:i-l; Wc:',S the perso::.: who. stole t11e clotl1es. With respect~ I ac;ree. If the appell2r:.-~ had innocently co:::ie by that property, he he,d no reason to lie. Besidos, I find it inconceivable that 2- 1)erson would pick up as ne,ny n.s 18 shi.rts, a bed-she Gt _, L b1::mk0t, sever2,l pairs of socks, :::·,nc1 kangas, ancl th8n ko~;p quiet_ 2,bout it . . ,... . ·, ,2 Signific 2.htly, thr; clay the. ~.ppclla.."lt Rllt.>~•;,)S to h~iVO picked up thG clothes is the vr:;ry dri.y· th.::: conj_)1;·.inr:.nt' s houso ·was brokan

intQ anc7:. 0 durin&· dr\y-tine. ' . Sinc.c thG n ,·:oll;--.n·,; w2.s founc in possussJ.on of th,J · • • •• I ; : ~- •: ' • stoi~.:m n.rtic·l,:s 1Jith:i_n· s' days fron the dn.y of' th:.:: thsft, 2nd n.s ho totally. _f:-:,.il '.:,c.l to give o. reoson'J.bl•:; cxpl?..nation of innocent posseosion, I respe_ctfully 2gre0 with th0 102.rn,Jd sto.to ;-,,::t::crney t_h2,t ,th2 l•:;t:-:,,rned n2.gistrs.te corr(-.1ctly invok~:c1 ths dc-·ctrin,=c, c'f r,ocent possession. The _0,ppeal against c:.::nviction, tlrnr_.:for-3, nu:-3t f~:~±1.--"·---'· · · · ·· As to th,;; ::rnntenct)S, . since tho--a'l,1JE::1Lmt, by his own adru[,sion, h::.s a.· lone rGccrd of i:r'.)Vious cunvictions for · sinilnr offenc,j~, one of then as recently as two· or thr()O yenrs .c1,go, the sant,;3nceof five y srs inrJri 9,cYn.Dl;';}lt in ruspect of the first count-~Ic~s thE-) st,:1.tutcry nini;Jui~,. Tkit in res{)ect of lb.t:: second count is by no ne·.s;ns uxceDsivo. The sentenc~s, tl~cr·-fore, are to st2n~. · - ,·,:i'..'..:C·'" \'.:' .In ;fine, the: Daliver&c1. in o:pr:on court at· :Jbdc!'.:l8. this 5th c:c~y uf Septqobor, 1977. · ' ' :. .\ /;{, )/ ' '. !: :,/' >- :. . ·vf(J l't ·1// Y(, /l' . :. B. D. ChipGtci. J-y.C.l,iuc .,_:: . ' . '