19770824 TZHC Dodoma2

J//c 4 f'/YJ IN TE~: HIGH COURT OF T/,NZ,'.Nili.

LT DODOIJL \ ..-· · LITE}I;.L/..TE JURI -;DICTION _;HIGH COURT cnu:±it.:. :L ;,.r:1 ~[;;.. 1 No. 111 OF 1 977 ' ·, ·;_ CF\. ClUrHN.'.L L::c-·.-.:;_ I, No. 112 OF 1.977 \ \ M.L. UP.i,.G.i.. DISTRICT rLGifiTn.:L~E ,.,.;.• ~., ..... \. ..PET~R 'LUGIJ~J:IJI -·PLULO SONO • • _,_ CI-Ii:..RGE: Breakin~ int:, buildinc and· c01:11Ji·i;tinc; felony ·c/s 296t 1) of the Penal Code. CHIPET.:~ 2 J. The two 2,:;;nt-!ll2.nts, Peter Luciani c,nd Pa.ulo Sono, were convicted by Xonr:.co. district court of the off·.mc,:: of breaking intc- a builC:.inG 2J1d cmr1.ittj_ng a f Jlony th"irein c/s 296 ( 1) of the Pen;:-,,1 Codo, encl wer'.~ erich sontzmcccl to three yoars inprisonnent. They now z,,ppor:.l, cfild their r::-,J;r:,e:o.ls lvwo b:::)en cons olid.::-, t ed. Tho prns··cu tion' s Cl'IS8 was thc.t on 16th Octo1:)8r, 1976, ;t about 8.00 p.n. 2, sl:i:.;p belonging to Fnrkwa Ujanaa·village was broken into and sovernl 2.rticlcs including sonps, rice, n_,._tchos and. cici:-.rettcs w:1rc stclcn tlH,rGfrcir.1. Th2.t sane night o.n alarn was raisoc1 by the nenocers of tho villr:'ct;G. Although the ,'J,l))ellci,nts wore in that saP.10 vill,r:i.,ge, th9y did not nnswor thr; 2l2.r:1. Thi:; nan1Jr: rs ,::-,f -:::hG ville.ge who answered the alarn then nou,.1ted ::-. search for thr~ culprits. The search inrty follow::rl foot-prints fron the scene. The foot-prints led th0n to the houoc of the secc•nd

a~~,-1ello,nt, ,C\nd in that house the s02-.rch p2.:i:ty found b0th P.-~'~:ielle.nts, and some 10 paces fron th:.t house Trnre found sc;:1e of the s-'u.olen articles buried in the ground. It w21.s then c,bout 3.00 a.n. When th,:: first faj_))ellnnt w::is asl:.:Gd why h;;; ,·r;s cl ·1eping in the second 2.:;2cll2.nt' s house when he h2d his own house the first ;::i_:_-,:;,,Gllon-c offered nn explen.si.tion. In their defe11e ,:, tho ::r.·T1ellc:mts denied to h0,ve stolen the articles. The first ap1):llol1·c went so far !_::..s to deny having lJ,::Gn f0und in th 0 second. appelle,nt' s houco •. The learned district nar;i strate accept eel t].1,.; prcs0cution' s evidence and roj,...:ctod thG stories of th~ 2.3_:i)ell2,rrcs. On ny ovm view of tho ovj_r_,_~nce, I cnnnot say th2.t he, orr~d in doinc; so. The e,;)l)ellants s1.,1..;;ccsted no reason,. nor can I find nny, · why their fellow vill2.cr)rs would wish to· frano thoi:1. Indeed, the prosecution's evidence is sup ·orted by the e..efonc o wi tnessc::. In ny view, the circu:·~ te:,ntial r~vic1enc e irresistibly pointed to the 2-ppellan·cs ~s tha culprits. The sentencus o.,re the statutory ninina. 011 thsse grcunc:1..s I ngroe with the learned, ato.te o.ttorne:- th..7. t thG convj_cti:•·,ns nust bG uphold._ 2 In th<:.J r3sul t I clisniss th G ::,p:,?eals in th sir cmtiroty ~ .. ' Deli vorecl in cpen Court at Dcdor_1a this 24th clew of August, 197_7. ., .; ·•.\ . _,.,: .1..... .-_,' , .. /l -!,.• i. . J. l t I .,