19811118 TZHC Tabora

. .• ( ;. IN THE HIGH COURT OF TA1ANIA AT TABORA. APPELLATE JURISDICTION •/ " (Tabvra Registry). I (110 CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 106 OF 1980 • QIGfNAi CRIMINAL CASE NO. 397 OF 1979 0 1 OF ,'.FHE DISTRICT COURT OP NZEGA DISTRICT AT NZEGA BEkORE M SM. 1llCtJHI Esq. Resident Magistrate; (original 2. P • . versus THE RPIJBLIC . . e •.•• • • . . . • ESPOJDENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .: • .. . . . (oiigm1 prosecutor) CHARGE: 1st Count Stea1ing by persons employed in Public Service c/s 270 & 265 of the•;Penal Code. 2nd Count: Conspiracy to defraud c/s 306 of the Penal ,. - Code. . JUDGME1T (JHIPETA',c:J.. " • The two appeiants, Peter NgohaJcamwali, who'waS. the ffrst accused at the trial, and Paulo Kubeya, who was the pecond.ai ccused were jointly charged with another, who was acquitted, with the fence of stealing by persons empoyed in the public service c/as 270 and 265 of the Penal Code 9 in respect of th first count. The two appellants were convicted as charged on that count and were each émtne-e&.to jthree years imprisonment. 'In respeqt of the soond count, appellant Paulo 1ubeya was jointly chaged thanother who was acquitted, with the offence - of conspiracy to defraud. Appellant Paulo Kubeya was convicted of iat offence a1so and was sentenced to pay a fine of shs. 3,000/= or one year uinprisoimexit, The appellants now appe1, and their appeals have been consolidated. For convinience,., I am going to retaix the -. descriptions under which they, appeared at the trial, that is, Ieter Ngohakainwa1i as the first accused, and Paulo Kubeya as the b4dond.accusede 71 With, regard to the first pount., the...prosecution alleged that the first and second accused, and another who was acquitted, stole a drum of... diessel. valued at she. 4621=, the property of the Government. The evidence' of one Bundala Sasa. (Pw2) was that 9n 19/12/78 he saw the first accused driving a Tipper lorry, the property of. 0omwOrks.. The vehicle stopped about 20 paces from him. It was then'at'about 4.00 p.m. He then .sa*'the'first accused and ,twö other people take outa drum out eouep -t.e uo uotoii'.T.00 u esq oq. ojs 'eio3O.iOtjq. 'qoU SLA I Pe4PItOO SM 9,JG-qq. qTq. euoij et 'e -rcttsuodsei sL& Ot[M pu's sexos aaam aaaqq. q'stjq rnput; IcTq'suos'sax qouu'so auo 9,vla PuTs -njuoo pu's pesnjuoo O S'sM u&.xa&a .11's q's euepite otX peoflpp's xq (qunoo ptzooes aqq. ut exaqo et, s's t(ott[M) pn'si;ep o. &o'stdsuoo s's& e.xet qqq. xo 'e/OId oq, pOfl'sj iV1.Ie4fl 'sqq pU's 'Toj:qad ;o se'sxotis O8M Jetq. ei.o.xcI oq. Du T gaq. S'sM uonoosOd eiq. aOT40LIM .x'se -to qou T 1-I tIOTSflPtOO TTU S'sA& q.T q.'sqq 'LeuJoq4's eI pp S 'WI'sT SflUI I 'Ufl0O pUOOiS etjq. Jo OOdSeJUI .qnop ot[q ;o qteueq e14 oq peq'çque 8IE3M S9U'sT8ddB et{q.. L[OIL[M Ut SS'sO 's S'sM peTJTqSflOOU SA.UOOtMXOO etq. 'pOpeOUOO RaLUoqqv qquq q etq 813 pU's 'q.ttfloO eqq. ;o.oedseJ Ut tou'sde.xosip eset{q. ;o MOT& UI -aeddTl 5 S13M qt pi'ss 9t UT e3UePT!e STt{ UT wq 'JO.OJPU'sT 's PUTATJP ueoq p'st{ ST.I1flO CT.TOr -'s PT'sS 3t 'I•i•a O. f1Jode.x 8 T'{ UT SSCUM 's °TQTT uqq s i 't'scI's q'st U's.XqS 13 JO oouasaad St{. UT QU's q1&13P p'soxq, 'Ut JcIOJd UeOqS epttj 09, S's BLT13U os eq pno seotq. -'sw eurseet.xthxns q-T ' F, %Aod JO ElOu@PTAOet{q O. MOU UTUIflJ "uosecI tetjqo Lu's ,o Sqjadoad eqq.. ueeq e.'st 'eioJeei 6 PTUOO 01 ioqS JQ paug s3pOMuIO0 a -qq, ,]:o qno Ue's S13M E tlfJ. JO 'SI0MT1IO3 Jo &zedo..vI etjq. sum .ixm.xp paAoJd q.ou 6 exoJetel4q 'S'sM q] sionioo JO &qedod et S's T 'stfl. tAOt[80q ['s q.'s tJttLI Ot[. ,O U0413OIJTUePT JO eOUeptAe Ott SWA e.xotq. 'septsea •eoqsS)J0Mt1r03 et[q, uto.xj: 2UTSSTM iassetp ;o um.xp 's 016M e.xetjq. ,fl:flO puEJ oq. ep'sui S'sM qJojJ:e. Cu '1109138.1 POT'sTPu OTUOS .IO 's9,ix'sec1ci's Ct. .0 13T SUT1313S13' Oj ;o ooueppe etq. & - uo s's e.xac[q. 'uotqisod etq. 9uTaq q'st{j eqq. ;o qxto eUI'so 9jaoT e ueq uese.idqou S'SM Ot[ p1135 6 -mnap r's 'e4.'s S]f.IOMUIO3 eT.q. 's U'sUIO.'sM 13 S'sM OM eas 'qou PTP aqs qriq 'elottleA .iooia eq. WE qJ1 13 USA. S13M 3L[S uotsonb UT &sp ot[q'uo Pp2S ° icioqs S1UOTfl0OSo.Id etq. peoucAp's SeSSSUqp& aseqq. jo euo (ç Ea) TPU's31 PU's ( M) 's1T0S 8.18M Let eoueptAe eA's S8SS8UTM JEtqO 0MJ T JO TOUi &trs PCTUOP JO TTV •U8tT4 S13M arnp et. a.1etAeo'sTd ar1q. o, ue]'sq e.1etA pu's.uMoq. UT .1's 's (ta:) .xeoç;;o OOTTOCI 's &q paq.se.LI's O,XOM uos.xect pu's cq.u'sedcI's aTqq. .1O'sI PTP T.tOTLIM 'UOT13S eOTTOd oq. e's 0.13143T 13 cI aweV OtIM (T/ia) S1T1rL1PN oqoo -er euo '.1ep'seI ao - ueq. 's oq.. .ie'sUi otjq peqode.1 pu's qUeM uetq 'J,O 0AO.1 ueLq 88fl259'[ToO sTq Pu's CSflO013 !S.1TJ eu tjsnq iVq'seu s UT -T eptq PU's elottleA. q.'st[. SO -- - -3- In the result, these appeals are allowed. The convictions are hereby quashed and sentences set aside. The appilnts shall be released from custody forthwith unless otherwise lawfully detained. t/( B.D. CIJIPETA JU'DGE Tabora, 18th November, 1981