19950912 TZHC Songea

I ...; T..-:J . ~;I.Gil COURT O'JJ' TJ, NZ:\NIA __ _ AT SONGEA IJC CRIMIWiiL A?:PE.lu. HO. 25 OF 1995 ORIGINJu, CRIM!N~-CASE WO .115 OF 1992 OF T"ili} 11STRICT COURT OF SOiJGEA DISTRICT :Oef'ore: L._J. I~Luya, .dsq. ResiJ.ent Ha.-,;istrate KASSIM IU.MISI SALUM ••••••••••• •-•·•. li.PPELLl:Jn' verslls: 'l'llE R,KFUBLIC • •••••• ,.. •. • • • • • • • • • • Rl.ilS;i'ONlJENT JULGEMEKT Before SonJea 1istrict Court (L.J .M~.1uya,fil'I) the a1>?ellant Kassin ~Ia".:tisi Salur.i was cha.r3ecl with and convicteu. .)f two eounts, nanely, buJlary c/ s 294_ ( l) of the ?ena1 Co<le and stealin_; c/s 265 of the :i."enal Coue for which he was sentenced to seven ( 7) years 1 s .L1pri11,oruaent ..;,.r. · the first count· . - and two (2) years' iJ1vrisonuent on the second, the sentences to run oon.-u.- 'l'~ently • li.3:_;rieved 'by that decision he has ap?aale<l tcJ this c0urt. The facts ,Jivin;.; rise to the aypeal l:!eveal that the a:p:.:iellant (alonJ with Joseph liU3Ustino Shuwo} were ec1i)loy-ed as watchnan ':.ly \'iade :~ams C6nstruction Co,·:1pany Son.;ea :,ranch. 1.,n 10/5/92 they wer.e su?;osed_ to ::.e on duty fror:, 6 :p.r.1~ to 6 a..n. at the resiuence c,f Wade 1i.daus ;Jrojaet r.1ana..3er Hr_. \vatson. In the r:10rnin; it was founc.;1. that a caravan 1-:icated within the saiG. Mr. 1-,ia,teon' s prenises was ~.,rcken into and. various articles etolen tl;leref:tot10 In the course of takinJ stock of the itens that wero stolen an envelope ;)earin._; the ai)pellant 1 s nane was found. Ut 1 8r:wi"'~., ,.,, search a.t .the a.l)l)ellant' s resitl.ence yielleL1 n::,thin,2 h-lc-r:i.:::iinatin,·. The. a.11pellant was arrasteJ. and char;etlo In defence he stateJ. that he re:;,..,~rteC. f0r rluty arouml. 6 p.n. o! that day and work(d U:J to 10 :;;,n. when ho loft, tellin;., his co...:warchuan thc.t he was Join:; te; hos)ital as hG -was foelins indispcseu. Apparently the a:,1.1?ellant cliC: nut tSO t::., hcs;i tal. He si'.,;ily went h::no and slol)t. In it.he uvrnin:..:; he learne,.:'. of what took at his wcrk lJlacEi 1 a:tJua'..;ly doin6 his atsende, .,. 2 - 2 said:- 0 1st aced (appellant) ha~ auDi tt~a. that . In ean'Yioting the a:;;lpellant the lea:r;ined trial resillent na,:;ist:rate • - he left his i:;oodins place oh the r.iator1al · ni:.::;ht and went to sleep at his he,,:10. Iie has not given surficient ex-JlDncl.tion as to why he left his work );)lace without per- '-- nission. frcn the owner of the prenises.- J'i.ncl if he was not f ealinJ well why didn't h~ Jo to the hosl,)ital if not that ho just abseortdocl o.fter jreakinJ the caravan and steal.in:;. i1lso the lat. af?Cd has t1ontioned nothin,3 -iri his a.efence as to how the enve- lope containipJ ilia n:t.n6 60t insida the 1.roken caravan if not thn.t it fell there vithcut his notice whon he entered tho earn.van aftor troa.lcin,s it and them a.'.,sco- nclo:'1 fror.1 his work p:f'ter cor.1i-:u. ttins the offence.Ii l!':ron the c.:i:,;i1:1ilant petition c.:f n.:i_.,;Go.l arlll the evid.enco two issues •e:IG J.isecrni'.:ile. First should tha caravan in the oircunatanoce of this e~a~ :;e ccnstrueu (;justlon J1meris witµ a::uildin~" for the pur_.)c.sos of :n1b-socti0n (1) of section 194 of th~ l onal Code? .l.ncl, second. 1'ias the· I incri1:1in.tin,:; onvelv::., 0-:: loft in tho earn.van nocossn.rily :_y tho a;,pollant? On tho first issue it is enuotecl un4or section 194 (1) of the hmo.1 .Cc1o thus & 11 294. imy person who .(1) brooks nnu enter OIJY ~uilli?B, tent or vessel y.sQd as a h.Y.:tgn_:lwcl]J.ru; with intent to oonni t a. felony thoroin, or (2) ••• "~, •••• ., (not applicn.~-lo) is -:,1.ti.l ty of tho folony tonJed 11 hcuso brcnJ.dn,l' o.nd is l.i.a;.,lu to i.n1Jriocnnent fer four- .• t teen years. If the offence is ocnr.1itte..l in thu ni.)lt, it is ternetl 11 b~laryll and the offencler ,is lia.'..,.le to in1:.risornc1ont for twonty yearso (enphaeis ie t1ino") - 3 Thor,:;; is no GVi1enco on rc~ord k show let alcno 1.,rovo that Nr. ;ictson or tui¥One else usucl tho cn.rc.vo.n, in the; w~)r(~s cf the: statute, 11 G.S a. human <..1:vtollin;·. II Mr. \~o.tson nncl his wife had a ~)uiL~in,s within }h$ pr"'r.1ls~s"·whlch they occupivd D.S o. dwcllinJ houso~ 1foit~,or dL. the :__.ruarcls dwell in tn0 ca.ro.vnn in th$ courso -.,f their ni3ht watch. On th(; o~he~ hand the ;;Yiclenc0 thc.t there is shows that that caravan :j.s ke;pt ~er lock anc.l key an.J. n0ro ;,r-01::-0.bly thnn not wn.s then ;)ein; uoocl a.s 0, roccptaclo. i~s · such it 1::0oe nc t quo.lify as a '.:,uilding for tho :pur-,t>0ses 0f th~ law unclar which tho npiJ~llont wo.s chni-3Gu in th~ first coun._, ·- . •~s rc.:;o.rda the second lssuo tho lonrn0,::. trial resident ua.i;istrato' s r.::.C.SoJ1in1:; ::;ristloe with 0lenonts r;f nisplacocl 1•lon cf iJrocf if nd whollY !ounc.ml ~,n ocnjeeturc. '.ec this end, \ikv ·he sai;.: I Jo net rulo (;\1t the :poesi- hility that the e,ffemlin,~ envolcpe niJht have been c.ro:vpeu in th0 caravan 'Jy ' . th.::: tl1)t,1cllant inaduertcntly in thr: cuuroo cf n, stealin,_;. Likowlso .there ia no Y,e.o.:Je,,n for axcludin_; thu ~ssi::ility th:.:i.t _it 1JiJht hn:-re ".>oon ;_)lantGd thci-G. ' Tol,kins r,f pussibili ties ther0 o.r.:::;; n th,,uannd ru1tl one reasons at1Y 0n0 ,;,f which ocn ox-,t>l.~in how thG incrir.1ino.tin,~ onvelol)G f,:.;unu its way i.e. tho caravan. For thes(;:: r011sons, I on at Jno with Hr. Waryu:·a l.;iarneG Stt.te ,~ttorney whon he su"..;r1i'ttetl that th~ 9vi•.:'..~nco is rn.thor scanty .s if n0t shnJJ.ow tc found tho :111~0llant' a convicticn, ln tho upsh0t this a:p:Jon.l is o.llc,wud~ ~<:: ~1i:;;,c-llant's conviction is qua.shod o.nl he, should bo rdeaoo.;l fr,)r.1 ;irison !orthwi th unless ho '.:)e ·1101d thoro fer oc:1.:l cthor lawful coUl!>t. 'l'-~· _,..M/ . W•:d • .J • Kn.p.::;yn., PRM • ..:bet. Jurfr,.l.i..cti.on 12/9/95 i.clivero:l in chno:-e~s this 12th doy of S.;,~t, r.:i·:)cr 1 1995 in tl-w pr"l;i8"1Il,C~ ct Mr. Munuc h:D.rnc.:.l Stat~ ~..ttor11ey nnd in the n,';)s<.lnCG of the 3.l)~llc.nt. \)t..<L-\.--,.-4--.,./ W.H.D. Ko.:;;>o.Yn.r / . ?RM. i!Jxt. Ju.riff1 -:.c ti0n 0 12/9/9~ .~T SOHc:@J~ 12th S0ptiii:11:ier, 1995