19810720 TZHC Dar es Salaam
The prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt the essential ingredients of unlawful assault; conviction cannot stand.
- Citation
- 19810720 TZHC Dar es Salaam
- Parties
- Appellant: Juma Salum; Appellant: Said Abdullah; Respondent: Republic
- Court
- TZHC
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 20 July 1981
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Appeal / Judgment
- Outcome
- appeal allowed
- Legal Topics
- Assault Causing Actual Bodily Harm, Stealing From a Person
- Source Language
- English
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Parties
Juma Salum
Appellant
Said Abdullah
Appellant
Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Appeal / Judgment
Legal Issues
- 1 whether the prosecution proved the essential ingredients of unlawful assault beyond reasonable doubt
Ratio Decidendi
The prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt the essential ingredients of unlawful assault; conviction cannot stand.
Court Disposition
appeal allowed
Orders
- conviction quashed
- sentences set aside
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