19890206 TZHC Mtwara

. IlJ 'D.{;.:! HIGH cm.m.T OF T:JIB:.NIL. ' LT MTiil.RA (mtwarc Registry) .::..PPELL.:,rm: JUTIISDICTION TIIGII COUJ.T cnnuN.:.L LPP.JLL NO. 1 72 OF 1988 01°ic;i1ml Crinina.1 Caso lJo 0 250 of 1986 of tho District Court of Ntwarc, Di:::tJ:-ict 2,t Mtwarn. Bofo1•eg KoLo Mcnr.so Esq., 3.ouiclont r,fogistrc,te MOILTCJDI LIP3'IELO • o. oo.. o....... !.PPELIJ.NT Versus Till :~tIDLIC 0 ·0 0 0 0 o O o CO o O O t.l O . 0 0 do 0 RESPONDENT JUDGMENT Kazinoto,. Jo On_ 29th July; 1986 the house of one Iloikki Lepkko wr.,s broken into nt nic-ht r..nrl vo.rious itoos were stolon thorofroo. On 1st Novet1bor 1986, ttt,t is cbout throe oonths lator a nunbcr of i tons wore rccovorcd froD tho house of tho ~ppcl1211t in MsMga vill1:go Mo.,sn.si District. Tho coopleinc:.J.1t identified sor.io of tho i tons tond.orod in cot1.:i.'t o.s hiso In his dcfoncc tho np1)01lwt clo.iDccl tl12,t ho hnd. bought tho · itons tendered in court froo n person ho could not roncrJ.bcr nm the bl\g in which tho itous Hero found was purch2:.sod by hlo o.t Liwalo in 1981. The tric.J. cou~t considered tho evidence o.nd dofonco. It found thet the offonco of burglr.ry hc.d boon proved ,~nd thnt theft liN:l boon corm tt0d 0 Tho t1•i.:-.l court then consido:rod tho :period tho offcnco was comri ttcd r'.J.'l(l tho tine tho stolen pl'opcrty wns found with the appcllc.nt -and r.pplied tha doctrine of i~occnt possession of stolen property. In tho upshot it conVictoa. tho n1)pollr.nt as tho 1Jt.1.:i:'gln.r and the thief. As stntcd above tl10 2-ppollnnt docs not dispute that ho wcs · - -•· <fd!v·, found with tho cxhi bi ts which ha,vo boon tonD.cI"od in court. Ilis"" clain that he bov.ght the bag in 1981 fror:i Liwalc is a nclcocl lio. .... 2 PW4 his stop fc,t~w:;:- tosti.fiod thnt r,ppollE.:nt 2.:i?rivod at his hone on 1.,11.86 w:'.th 2, ;J2_g ~. n:l gc._':vc :it to hin fo:c' sc.fo custody. Thc.t be.c; I w2.s seized by tho police ,in tho ovoni:.1g of tho sr.r.10 dayo If tho appollent h,Jl l)OUL~l~-t tho bac in 1981 r,s u.llogod P1-!4, his stcpf0thor, would havo cork,in.ly s,1ie,l, so,. Tllo appcllD..nt clid not Chcl.lengo PU4 in crol3s-oxG.Dim:,tion on this aspect. I:Io is tLoroforo obviously lying. Al.l tho oxhil)i ts uo:;,•o fouhd d.n this bog wl1ich tho conplP,inr:.nt h,."..d identified. Sor.10 gf those o?d1ibi ts hr.we boon .clo::u:ly r.1c.rkod w:i.th speciaJ idonti ty nc'Xks 0 I consic:l.01~ tl1r,t r. po=ciod of throe nonths is .not too loncr a ~ po:.:-iod hc:wing roge:cd. to tho circw:istnncos of this er.so 2..rld the,t t)::o cfoctrino of recent porJscssion of stolon property lms boon properly imrokcd~ Consequently I disniss tho appeal agtd.nst conviction wili.ch is uphold. Tho sentence of throo yoc'-rs .is tho nininuD unctor tho lc,w in count one. Hor do I think thr-i.t tho torr1 -Jf two yoc:rs inp:dsonnont inposod in court two is oxcossivo. Tho 2.pr,od rgdnst ser:toncc ie disc1issod. In tho upshot "1111 for tho above ro,::,sons t~lo ap:po2J. agc..inst both conviction <'.nd sentence is disoisscd in its oritiroty. LA_,:_ ----fffl.·· {Jtt·) Kc.zir.1oto-· Judge j, I