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:.. r~ ., J ~.-•..LJ ;J.rs-_1 D~"IL Z,~ ~j_.J.,1~·Ji ( •1 T lJ ', O.i.- C 2 J .L.) C?..~'.iff1J., i~PPELL EO. 112 CF 1989 FILBER.'J: LDODIC-..'..R MBEF.:i1r?.L. 0 •• ....~PPELLJJ\JT versus (Lppeal :from tlle convic·cion of' ·foe Eig:1 Cot1.rt of Tanzanfo 2.t Songe2..) (Kazi;noto$ -,h) da;i;ecl the 26th d.ay of Jime ~ 1 909 in JtJ.DGMN1 T OF TID COGRT ICT S.;'.JiG1~ 2 J .ii.. g This appeal a.rioes from the d.ociGio~ or -~:10 ITigh Court J.) co"nvicting the 3,ppellant of nurcler ancl. senio;:ici;,1g him ·i;o clea:i;h~ day of -'Ghe inci(le:.:c :cl.le 1:i.eceaf.rnd nncJ. .:;ome o·c:ier per3ons were at a po:abe clv.b followi::1g an over-night d.rinlcinG scc;sion -~hereo Then at about 8 0 1 clock tha;i; mor.1i11g tho po3be club wa:i:icbma~1 made a ge;10ral c:.:L10n.1cem011t resnonsible . to retv.1--;,1 ·v'·2_1e stol''"ll = proper~:'lr•' uv ., r.;,,e • · c'ece~se,1 .:. ~e p e"D•-·-.. ec-." ·0110 .L • 1~ '' · ap;_Jeo, Cl, _.._ •I 'I-Thereupon t11e appellant who was a friend of "i:~1e cleceasecl and. Hho had come ·i;o tl2e pombe club only when the announcement was i:-1ade 9 pattec.1. -~:1e C:.ecei:-=;ecl Then the a~Jpellant left the pombe · club e.nc:. on the way he r,1et t].1e wife of the deccaoec1. (F.W.1) ani:11.·.11otl1er 1roma11 (P.W.2) J:1eacl.L1s for ' ~ the pombc club. li.6 2.in accorcling to the prosec·c;,tio:1, the appclla~1 t 2 I o::, .'.1or we,y ::,2,ck /rom t:10 ::;or_:bG ch1b, fou:t,(.~ !:i,.1 lyi::,.c; o.e2,cl 0;1 ·l;.'rn 1-ra~- i,02,1· In ~1is defence -c.'1c appellant agreed v1s;,.·ci:1g tbe po;;i,bo cl;..,:) a:..1cl tl10 c.lecec1;2;ed.o :fo also agreec. ;;1oeti11g P.W.1 and. ?.W.2 011 their way -to -t:rn pombe club but c":.er1iod. nt·cering an;t threat to, the lif'e of t:10 C_eco~,sccl • .:~cco rdin 6 to J:-.in he ::;1e1~01y askocl P. W.1 if sl:e 1'i7.1s {;'oing to fetch 01· tu.to ·00 say that upon lo2-vL1..z t~1e pow be club 2,t abov:c 12 a~m. ie w2,s feoli;1g • 1eacler ancl went to t:.io occnc of crirne w!.1oro ,he :i:ov.nd the c:ocear::;ocl lyiag dead. On his rn1y ~wme from tho pombe :i club :10 did not see t:10 cleceased. In convicting tho appellant ·cllo ·cri2,l ju~l.30 rcliccl 0:.1 ·c!10 tuo tllreatc allo-gedly u·ctc1~ecl by t.'.10 appellm1t: '.J.1!.:o fir::.:·~ one was in response to tho an;.101,mooramt of theft a·i; t~10 por:11J-:; club wlw:-ccbJr tl10 2,ppollant is saicl to .:~ave told tho d.ocoasoct t::.::i:~ 11 t:1cy would ;:;oeil... Lnl t!J.c second one was 1·111011 l:0 all egccJ.ly told F. W.1 ai.1t~ ? • W. 2 th2,·~ the clecoased would not climb tb.2.,-',; 1:101.-:n-caino J\1:r. D. :3. iig2,lo 9 learned a~1d flnws in t!w prosoc\..:.tion evi&ci.1Cc G1..1.ch.' thr::c tlle case d.ic1_ 11.ot moot ·chc tost for convicting upon circ1Jji1st2.ncial e1icl.01:.oe., ... ... i:1 cov.nsol rs Tllo :::~;_)pollc..nt I s cowrictiori rostn w!.10lly on t:·10 two tJi.rc,,,ts ,?..r, n.llccoc: by" I prococF-cion aml on issued. tho tJ2.1·ec:i:1;s because ho was c:isploauocl i"rith tllo appeal r,1e,do ~)Y :::12,clo cono:;_~o,lly ancl we c2.11 find no· [:;Oocl. rcaoon 1-;b.,Y -~ho c:ppollant :/lo'!...1lcL I· b:we felt of:fonclocl by it w].10~1 it -u.::i,s ;10t cli:i.'cc·~od to him. -1;l_~i8 view is consifftont with ·tho nppolk.nt I s 0':-r;.1 ovicloncc when llo ·cJ.1..0 theft• It o>.oulcl be notocl th~ t thoro w2,s I only one :t)rosocution 1-ritnoss (P.H.,3) wllo had. c1.,sso.rtocl ·i;l1at t~!C appellant l:-..acl uttered. a thro[',t c1·i; tho po:nbo ,, club, but in tho lie:,frt; of what we lJ.avo s0-icl c1,bovo we tl1ink that ·chore w2,s no coocl ronson for profering P. W.3 1 s worcl to tho:I; of the appellant• Ind0Gd . to rovon-eo it on tho clocoased for merely l'cpo2,til:c it rather t::!.B.n on ti-3 · porabo club vratclmo..H w:.·w wc..s its .:1uthor. In o..~:.31 c2,00 ovc:i.1 if it is i't,1.rthor 2..sst@ocl that tho appoo..l uns diroctocl to t.'..10 appolla~"!t, we do not t~:.i:nk that e. r,10.ro rcpoti tion of it by tho _clocoasco_ would !c,wo J.Joon sufficiont to 0,ng-or tl:c Q,}.Jpollmr~ to the extent of making him clociclo to oliai:na·co tl).O clcco"sod ·who vc-,s his frio;1d. Tho 2oss crt ion by P. W. 1 ancl Po Wo2 tl::.c~, t ·bo · 2, ppol lan t throat onocl tho life of tho doceasod dso is not free from c-q.f:.:j_culty • Tho trial j-0.clgo · fo1.m.cl. thc.,t tl1e 2.ppollc.nt v:&torocl thff~ throat• otrc of continuocl 2-ngor