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- •.. ,.. - ~--- ---Jl,4--· /l;e, M'Jlfvt- s~ . IN 'L'rill I:IEf:J CCUHT Olt' 'l1JU'TZ/1.THA. A'l1 DODOMA · < AF::':tTIL:.:.A'J::,] JUf~_IS:0 re '.I1I OF ·... ..RIT"T""T; G 1. ·uf!-.l · .-:t..i.J.:.'.-~.tl:l;.U 1_, A'.••· "'AT 1\TQ. J:. o 1"9 o __ l; 1977 0"' . (onrarm1.1 C~UMrnAL CAQ.8 i'W. 1_24 OF 1976 OF Ttrc' J)ISTHICT COTJ}({_l ·og IRA.hBli.) . MP,P'.'TA JOHF IQZH10TO. .. 0 /'. 0 ,.eoooo A11 ··.EI(,_('..t\lf'I1 ( Ori ~inal.'.Accused) Versus TIIE REPUBI,IC-. 0 ··O O 0 0 0 0 •. . o o· ~ o o o • • • • RESPO.tD.i.'iTT ( Ori '.",'inal _frose·cutor) Char~eg Stealing by p0r;Sons employed in Public service c/s· 270 and 265 of the Penal Code. · · I --4. ' JUD G n ENT. JONATf.iAl'T 1 J • The ap::_:,ell.;,nt w .o is petitioning a ~ainsi:; hiG conviction of stealing by imblic servant was_ at. t.:..w :celova, i; time a court clerk lookin,3' after two 11rimary cow?t centres 9 ri.amely 9 at r.lJJ.r;..:=i,lam3. a11d. Kirumi, · under the survailance o.f P.U.l ·Le ma1istr1.te in c.:h-r_;e o.f tcose st:i.tions.,, Thero is a-:;ro0rrnnt tl1-2-i; Y althoug·h -che appella,nt had received court fees an,,_ fines amountin;:s to slw. 1,592/= he accounted for shs. 1,262/= only. Accord.ins to P. ll .1 whoso base nas Kirumi, he tr1velled to Ml.ca.lama and checked t;:ie a0oou.::1ts · maint,:d.ned 'by tl1e appeJ.1.:3,.,_'1.t t:1ere. The books show0d he h-1d i~cceiv0d l,592~""• There is e.grecme·,t thai;

t e cash box o:f that st;ati n had a dofoctive lock, so t o ap·iellant upon boins- asked -for tlle money proceeclod to 1:,_is house and presently brought forth some money he had l::ept thG1'0. I-I; w1,s ·. . o~-rnver s: .s. 1 1 262 / = only and upon be i.ng ask0c1 witl.t rezped to -;;;,._o s ort-f,:i,11 l:,_e tolrl P.Tr.1 the sv.m of n\s. 330/= w-as at KirumL 'E.-ie 1-ri tness t:;ien a1Ypm1rs to )1-:;,,v-c asked :·.im to a .,company him t~101·e to r.iand ove;:,. ' i;':.u m:mcq. Ir'=' soe~od .:i.greoable but asked for time to cJnn;e clot:.:ies. Ile .:;ranted the request but as he wot.-0.d not come back the wi t;:;:1.:, s ha·' 'to report to t::ie police. A seJ,rch was mane of him and according to P.U .5,. a police offic.:er \8 · found the .:i.ppell-J,nt hid.in:_:;· underne0,t::.:t a· l)od insir1.e t~10 home of P. 1-T .4 , his mot: .eI'-in-law. AcoorclinJ to P.(! .3, ano f.-,.er polic0 o (fice:i: t ,.e ap.;ellant I s 0xplan1,tion t.ben was l.10 had. lost t:. o mon0y in ·i;he course of taking it from Kirumi to I,Ilm.lanu and. along t:1is lino the ap •ollant subsequently madC:J an extra-jua_ici,:i,l st.:,_;bomG:i.Y/;. Briefly, it 1r.'.ls to t .o effec't t'.J.;,-1;, P .w .1 when he visi·i;ed .im at r,nml ,,n1:1 askocl fo:r:- all c -.o money in ord0r to have it romiiitod. to ;;;_10 disi;:ciot cow:·t J.t Kiomboj_· anrl t;:i._1ts as tb.e a:p:,_)oll 1.nt ha.d gJ1s o 1,042/= at Kirumi 110

su-;oossfv.lly- sou.:;:1c :·.tis L,avo to i·ot tho money. P,J,usin__;· ho:rc very briefly, tho evi-~_o,r.ue o.i: PoW.l, as already noted, W.18 th ;t at r4k:al .ITU Llt0 ap ,ollant pror:3.ucod 0!1so l,?6';:/= and it . would thorefOJ:o s00m he could not tll.011 h.c.ve had as much :::,s shs. 1,042/=, if at all, at !~rumi. 'llie;:1, :10 s::;,id 9 he tcn.volled to Kirumi for tb.o money. Ile found ancJ. pui; ii; ·in ·i; .,e pocket oi: ~•.is s ·-irt aivl set out to retl,.1.rn. lb the -way -~ho bicycle ;10 was rid.in:;- got a .flat tyre an, he had to stop to :repair tho punctu:r-c. Ho cl.1im0d ie must have lost the money then and h0 h1d duly so told P.U .1. 11is unsuorn r.,rb:Lemo:.::.t ,ns largely -to the same oti:'ect. In it ho hmrevor se;ems to '.a-vc s1id that • P.U .1 travelled -to 1-'ikal ;m:;, only aftor _;Jo ;.1::i,d reported the loss to himo That 9 however, could not b0 true for, tho avicla"'loe of P. Uol w iGh ho hacl. not dis,mted was cloo,rly to tl1e effect that he had had no occasion to roport ~:10 loss mcl t':•. 3,i; -t; o -witness had. ( .I 2 himself d.iscov0rJd. the s· .orta o a ::·t,.:r cl1ockiu ; the books anrl askin3· for the ta.•:in.3-s. It was n qu;.,stion of f.:10t b.:i,::;0d on cir01.:mstancial evidence whether the; appoll 1nt hac1. stolo:1 th.rt mon0y o The :1··-,x;ll:1nt I s conduct followin; t!.w louFJ provid8S ·che vital cluo. W!.,.on Po Hol asked for tho

money h0 does ;,1ot Cl.)? _·oar to lnve tolrt him he harJ lost it; he so,id ho had it at Kirumi wl1,ich, however, proved f3,lsc. He tl.1en disappoarud to be lJ.tor foun~ ~licin·;· ur.:1 ..,rn0,1th a bed. T,10 question may then bo ask8d: is such conduct consistent wH'.1 his clai~ he had lost the monoy? LikG tho t:r·i.J.l m-t ,ist;:,a cu, ·I would t · .ink not. If he hud really lost it lie woulJ. cortainly luvo said so .:i,"i; tlle outset, especially coi1Siderin; ·th'1. (; he .-ns coverins two s ~at ions at one of which }10 h.1d no o-:i.sh boxo Thor:c a1·e then numorvus lios bot!.l in llis extra-judicial statement £l:11d in his unsworn state,,!srt w::.iioh only serve to fortify tho findin:; that ho h~1,d not lost but stolon tlie noney o There are alle ,ations in :1is petition th.1t both P.U .1 and the trial m,:i, ;istrate bore grud.;-es n. ;uinst him. As ro ,ards the· former, :1oi1ovcr, he ,'id not say they h.::i,~ had a c.,nflict over a woman, and ho s~.ould not now be hoCJ.rd to allo ,e so. 'E1e alle::;·::1.tion a:n,inst tho t:-d1.l m1 ,istrate wc1s th .,t hG had once q_u 1,j_•roll0d with l1im over an allo,;1anoe claim the aP:)oll.1.nt w:-,,s ma1'..in:;. Trot could not in my view have influimoed the ,decision of tho bo.rned resident ma ;is t;1,C1tee II; 117,s in any case based on circumstancial evidence in resp0ct of which this court is practically as ·well placod as wis t_ho tri"11 cou:rt to. an·ive at a judt decisiono .,_ 7 ~. ,-;,.;. In the result, ~:::10 ap ,;_ial is rl.ismissod in its cn[;ircty. ;r :r Mo JONA.l1l:1l\.N o JUD'1E ,. ..... /. :.1-'l I,· ,_i,• ,· , I •• ;.