19880318 TZHC Tanga

"'· ~?J / ' I In '.l'IIG DJ.GE cotmT O}T' 'I'lJJZt•.r;:u. LT T1:..FGL .APFELIJ;.ill JUB.ISDICTIOlJ IIIGI: COURT CRDuliL:'J., JJ'Pill..L HO. 33 OF 1987 ORIGTITJJ., CRilJIN.AL CL.SD lJOo 107/86 OF TIS DISTRICT COURT OF KOROGiID J.,T KOROOi::::D R'J:FOF.-:Ec J ,N • lJIMKt,Zi', I.SQ. PRING, DISTRICT W.,GISTRl:..T.C J1lLIU5 J.A1,1FS ~WA.••• • o •• i. ••• o •• o • • • • • • • • o • .t.PFELL.1.NT ~OIJ.GINLL ACCUSBD) V1)R80B TTID "::,!TITED P..EJ?UDLIC •• • •• o • • o • o •• ., • • . • • • • • • • • RLSPOKDDI:T ( oi~~ranTLL PROS ., ) Mu-SEI Ja Julius Jru.1es Kabelwa, wLo is the appellant in this ca.so, was charged with fou:r oounts of stealing by aperson employed in the Public Sorrice o/s 27e and _265 of the Penal 0 oa.e. It was alleged · in each count tb.c.1.t tho ap:polla.nt being a :person 9oployed in tho Public Servico as a oaehier with Hatio:nal Ba.rue of Covnerce Korogwe bro.nob. did steal on difforont dates various amounts stated in -the tour counts. It is further alleged that tho monoy belonged to RoT,C. Ifubuk1.,1. Depot ancl tL:~t tLc saicl monoy had boon roc0ived by the appellant by virtue of Lis '.)□.ployr.1011t. TLc appollo.nt vns convicted on all four countc. ~-=0 ve,13 sontcncod to fivo ~lDD-rs im:priso:nnont on counts no. 1, 2 :,u:. 4 r.md sovon yozrs imprisonment on oount No.3 sonten9es uoro :JrC:~orod to run concurrontlyc IIo is e~Uitl€n.g,::-,irat both convicti ~:r:S 2-nd sontoncos. ••••/2 .. 2 .. Thero wo..s undisputocl oviclonco tlut th0 n.ppello.nt was eo:ployod a.s a bo.l'lk clerk ancl that at the r10, torio.l tir10 ho was cl.oing tho work of a casbior o. t Koroc,-ro r; e:J oC. Brn.noh, Thero was evicklnco by PH• lf.ta.rianu Mbuguni who w:,,s 2, 00,sl.ior 1d th Rosi onc,1 Tro.cling Compo.ny Kn.buku toot sho d.01)osi tocl tLo following CJ.1ounts on difforont datos- Dat~c Shs: 14/9/85 18;454.60 14/9/85 44;667.15 28/'!J/85 104,887~95 17/10/88 137,498.60 PW. 6 told. i1Jo court tl:lat tho nonoy was roooivcd by the appellant end to signify tho fact th.-it ho had rocoivod such nr;iounts 1 the appollant signocl tho P.t..Y-DJ-SLIPS cmd si;n.ll!)?ed then 'With tho Trollors' stcop. Tho four po.yi-i~lil)S wore 1;roducod as e.xhibi ts at tho trial. Thero -was undisputoe. ovidonco tliat tho ninounts hhown (11·' .the fou:r pay-in-slips wore not c:roc;i tocl in tho account of Rcicioml Trading Ca:i:pcmy no was it acot.mtocl for in nny other nc,r.i.nor to tho Ko:rogwo Bronch of No. ti on:"l.l :cc~nk of Co:-::;·1orco • Tho appellant donicc. to h:.-:-:rn :rocoivccl tho r:onoy as shown on tho exbibi ts• Ho mllintcJ.ns t;:o so.1-::0 stc,:nc1 in tl~s apponl r.,ncl tho.t his sj.gnnturo wc,s not vorifioc1 by tho LD.ndwri ting OXJ.)~rt. Thora was cviclcmco :t'rm PW 1 1 • Ro.sLol, tho ba1;k num.gor, PW,3 ... Mwulm.twila. - tho accountant, rw.5 • Mst,r,1i - a btll11.c olork who wns working with the appollnnt, to tho 0ffoct th'.lt tho sie,mturo on the four pnl7-in- sli;ps vrr-.,,s tlw..t of tho ap:pcllanto Tho snuo witness testified that. tL.o tellers stao:p wn.s also thnt of tho nppolla.nt. . .../3 - 3 Tho r.1mmgor c.ncl tho nccountc.rrt clo.n:rly )mow tho signn turc of tho appellant wollo Their iclontificc.,tion of tho nppollnnt 's signo.turo cannot be fe::ultocl ns tLo lonrnoc:.. trial 'rmg.i.stre,to founclo Tb.ore wo.s undisputod ovic1or,cc tlmt tho tollor's stc,.r.1p wl:.ich wa.s shown on the pn-in-slil?Er was tb.at of tho appellant. Further PW .6 wo.s found to bo a truthful wi tnoss ancl tmt sho po.id tho so.icl a.mount to the a:ppellant. Tb.o fact trat the appellant's signature ancl thnt on tho pny.in-sliJ?s WM not vorifioc1 by tho bandwri ting export, ,. that did not woo.ken tho ovidonco of idontifioation of the signature cs that of tho appollnntw Tho eviclonco in the lower court loft no doubts wlmtsoover that tho nppel.lant stole tho anounts ns s:.::.own in tho four counts• The appeal agninzt convictionD is clis1:dosoc:l., As for tLo sontonco tho a:;?::;ollr,nt 1m.,s sontoncod. to too nn.xitrun of seven years inprisor.nonto _Tho cDount stolon is over The appollnnt n.ppearod at tto l:.oaring of tho apr,oal 0,nd ho shows no sign of ropotonco nt ell with rospo_ct to what Lo did. It soems to no tb...1.t r, noro c.1.otorront sontonoo is callo:d for. The s~ntence on count lJo. 4 is 0111:J::mcod to tbn.t of ten ;yoa:rs it1:prisonr..1ont. The sontenco to run concurrently with tho sentonoos iol?osod on counts no. 1, 2, o..ncl 3. The ap1-ollo.nt shn.11 serve a oaxinv.r.1 of ton yon.rs ir.1priso:nr.1ont. The appeal is otb.erwiso disrtlssod. 18/3/88