19791219 TZHC Dodoma4
The possibility that the appellant's assistants issued the missing fly baits could not be ruled out, and the prosecution failed to prove the charge beyond reasonable doubt; therefore, the conviction cannot stand.
- Citation
- 19791219 TZHC Dodoma4
- Parties
- Appellant: Keffa Lotti; Respondent: The Republic
- Court
- TZHC
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 19 December 1979
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Appeal / Judgment
- Outcome
- appeal allowed
- Legal Topics
- Stealing by Servant, Burden of Proof, Benefit of Doubt
- Source Language
- English
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Parties
Keffa Lotti
Appellant
The Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Appeal / Judgment
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the appellant was guilty of stealing by servant under sections 271 and 265 of the Penal Code
- 2 Whether the prosecution proved the charge beyond reasonable doubt
Ratio Decidendi
The possibility that the appellant's assistants issued the missing fly baits could not be ruled out, and the prosecution failed to prove the charge beyond reasonable doubt; therefore, the conviction cannot stand.
Court Disposition
appeal allowed
Orders
- conviction quashed
- sentence set aside
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