19820910 TZHC Dodoma
The evidence established beyond reasonable doubt that the appellant handed over the stolen bullock belonging to the complainant, and the minimum sentence was mandatory under the law.
- Citation
- 19820910 TZHC Dodoma
- Parties
- Appellant: Michael Kinga Mkono; Respondent: Republic
- Court
- TZHC
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 10 September 1982
- Procedural Posture
- Criminal Appeal / Judgment on Appeal
- Outcome
- appeal dismissed
- Legal Topics
- Theft of Cattle, Minimum Sentences
- Source Language
- English
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Parties
Michael Kinga Mkono
Appellant
Republic
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Criminal Appeal / Judgment on Appeal
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the appellant was rightly convicted of cattle theft
- 2 Whether the sentence imposed was proper under the Minimum Sentences Act, 1972
Ratio Decidendi
The evidence established beyond reasonable doubt that the appellant handed over the stolen bullock belonging to the complainant, and the minimum sentence was mandatory under the law.
Court Disposition
appeal dismissed
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