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. .,. · IN. TH.E HIGH CuURT OF TANZi,NIA '· .· AT Mi,Ji,NZA ...~ : -.ll.PPELLATE .JURISDICTION.·, . r•. ·--., · ·. ,·. ,HiqI:J COURT CRIMIN·hL APPEAL. NO·. 328 QF: 1917 ... ( Original Crirni.nal Case Noo 40 OF 1977 of the District Court of Bukobu District :°§t :·Bukob·a: ~ Befqfe :'Qi~: !Ray.a'gcl.,, Esq D;i-st+ict, Magi·s-t:i;a1~0) 0 ., . :.:.~ ( >: .:-... ti":.; ·;·;s -~~~;··;>' ,\/.. . ., . ·.. .:· ~-... • < ·:.,•;.- ·> • v.·.::. ..'·:~;;_:... ,.. :.·: "· THE ON.EST RUTAA. ;;_:~· o • ., -~ ii:~:!':.'1-P_i>,u •.;, ~. ~-~ " •• ·• 0 ~ ~~ • :.,,. ~ .••• ., •••.• J ,~_--. "!!·• : ~: 4- •• ,,iPPELL:NT . <~-•-·,. •.::-:,:,.. .. ·-.'~ersus 1;' -i. '.·,-·. THE~ REPµ BL~IC ~ O Q O o o. 4? .o O O O O O O O O 0 0 O C O O O O O ~ 0, ~0 O O O O • o O O r, ~ O o ~ O 0 o O O O O RESPOJ,JDEI'JT ' ~ • . • - ' -, • I 1 ••• ' ' ' •, • • , " • , • • ,., , , ·:Cst". Count: 0 CHAl~GE:' . . • ' F~rgery\c/s ' . -;·- '' 333 .: and • 337 :'of $\ • the Penal . ; C~dc.. 3rd Count:' -:Stealing •by servant :c;,)s.i; ·271 and -265- of .,_tho hmo.1- _._._,Code. ,• :__ - . \ : .. , /,:.: .; -· ·. . . .;_. .• _.·· }-·' ~.} . .i .. ~{ ~ ... _··:-.·· -: .. JUDGEMENT;_•.. LUGAKINGIRA 1 .,J... :, .....;;:, ._ ~- ..... ,., . '· 1, _, . .; :.:. -~_·x~Thc a:pr:re1Ian_t, was ·on th~·-f:i!'L"S't courit co·n.victed. of :-forg~.;.~y..~...nnd/.. on ·foe ·,·third- ·c·0urit( o·t s-teaI'ing · 'b'y '.servant. · 'The:

sec·ond: and fburt-h-' ·· ·.:_ - c~urits, concerned :oth-e-r person$'o ' H¢ 'was a ·cash±e:ir::wifh the -Regional 0 Trading Company· at Btikb-ha anci'as ·such used -to··reced.ve tnoneys pc1id ·in by cu·stome:r"'s,; : 1 O"r!l--1J· ·Janua·ry, !'1911 Sa:luin :Mo~am.Jdali. Jinah; {P141) S•~nt- his · employee 0V~dasto. Mwa·longe· ( PW4) wi th7 ·a. h$1nk cheque Nb~444845 .(exh.A)--to buy,.rice 'frorr\ th'e·-comp-a•ny'o: :ve·dasto ·was g1ven.-6ne liiag- o·f rice \1ori::h' Shso :272/=: ahd· a;;dash -::sale receipt No~,7471- {exh.B) for that nmount Two 0 days later 'Salum discover-ed at the Bank that his, cheque .had been filled in :for Shso 816/=, the price of ttiree bags, instead _of• Shs., 272/,;:.' He . contacted the· company. He was informed that later on th(~· Si"l.me du.y the appell~nt collected tw6 mdre ~igs of rice on a receipt Noo 7615 (exhoC) for Shs~- 544/= in his (Salum'~narne. Thii rice never reach~d Su.lum 0 The appell~ant was accordtngly charged with forging ..the cheque by filling _in 3 ns~ 816/= instead ·of 272/= ·and stealing the twb l:S·ags of rice. The oth.ers charged· with- him ·were racquitted 0 ' . Forgery is the making of a false document, that is, the document must· pi..i.rport to be wha·t in fact it is not The question as regards tho 0 first. count was therefore wheth(sr the cheque purported to be whut in fu.ct i_t WiJ.S_. noto. Salum issued a blank chequeo He

expected th.:.: compnny to "fill frr ·the· ·amount depending on the ·quantity of sugar it was wiJ.lir1g to sello Th~cornpany in fact sold him three bags of rice, although on t~o ··receip.ts·. ai1d: .alt'hough he ·never rEiceived two of the 'bags.· · I,ssuming, therefo.i;-i:h: tp:3_t. :-t.he .chequ!== was f-ill-,,d in -by the appellant }:lirns'3lf, I do not see whc1t -lie this .cheque to_l~. . It was made ~ut ·for. the lJricc of three bags actually sold" To· put i t differently, the cheque wc1s concerned with·what the_ company sold and not what was delivered tothe'custorner. It was~_. therefore ,a , genuin5=_ cheque 9 nd no:t a for.g_ed: oneo In thu rcsul t- . t-her~ ·was no. offence·· ,comrni tted in :the first count and. I .will qu<1sh the c.con:vfctio~_. ~t1~ sen.tence, 'tl)ereo_no .' . . .- .>.. . .' ' ,t In, 1;:J:ie t_hi-rd- cpunt: the: appellaT?t ·.was convic1;:~d ·o-f ·steu.~;1,·~g :bY servanto · I have no ,reas.on ,to ·doubt the ·evidence of W:i.lson Kaindowu. 0 . (pw3'.)' ,VfhO te;~t.ified :\hat l~ter pn. the Sarni.= day' the appe·1·1~nt: t1:1r il~d up ~t _t-r1e; _qp~pany godoY{n ~ith t])_e -~econd_ rec0i;pt.., (~xhoC ).:- ~d. -col~ -'c;:~e_d two bags.; . ,J:t was not d.isp:uted· that ;the i;-ec~ipt wa,s. in th(;'! name of Salull\ and _-_n:ia:cte --~ut,.--'?_n ~-t);1e _.str.er:igth ,of' s·al~m.'.~ chequ,e ( e~h'!j\) ~In,_ th.at C_ZlSO I do O • cnP.tsqe ;ho_>'J,t}:le

_app~l)an:t c.ould be guilty pf Jst~aling . by ser_vu.11t,. ,Th~e company-..•rec~:i::ved (:oriside,i;-ation for the two pagso - In .my opinion what • - '-•• - - • , , • J > ; • o • , • 0 • ;was s,t~_len_ w,9_s)~µlurn's ric.~o·,-:Si~c~ tl'~~rc ~_s,:np 1 q.q_µ1:?t-..that. tho suga_r was ·j,:~~su-ed. to -th0: appel-ial),t apd_ th~_ latter d~ni;,_:d t.his .f:ac~:, thC= only reason- ·able_ conc_lµsio~ .is that J:1-e. ~·tol.e the snrn~. I fi:nd, thereforu, . that-,.the appellant. was; guilty C?f stealing by ag_ento hccordingly, I will set aside the c:om.,i'c:tion under ss~ 271 and 265 of _the Penal Code and substitute .-a .c,oriviction u.nd~~ SS,.273 (b) and 2~5 of the same_. I: will .ret-air.1:.-the_ ~3 ,___ y!=ar.·sent_enc.e._imr:,os~d cons_ide.i;-ing _th_q..t;_ .this ]?r1.1ach of trus.t .wa.~ committee} b.Y ,a pers_on -in a pt;J.bli~ o,=-9anisat~qno ·u .!. . . ' ~ ; , . . .. \go o.o o o o:o o·:-_.o o/2.