19860721 TZHC Mtwara2
- Citation
- 19860721 TZHC Mtwara2
- Status
- Judgment
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Court
- TZHC
- Decision
- 21 July 1986
- Posture
- Criminal Appeal / Judgment
- Language
- English
More details
- Court
- TZHC
- Decision
- 21 July 1986
- Posture
- Criminal Appeal / Judgment
- Language
- English
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01
Holding and result
Conviction based solely on co-accused confession is insufficient under section 33(2) of the Evidence Act, 1967; conviction and sentence quashed.
Court disposition
conviction quashed, sentence set aside, appellant released unless otherwise lawfully held
Orders
- conviction quashed
- sentence of five years imprisonment set aside
- appellant to be released at once unless otherwise lawfully held
02
Material facts
Parties
Saidi Salehe Kachemba
AppellantThe Republic
Respondent Counsel: M. Sengwaji, Senior State AttorneyAmounts and remedies
- Amount Stolen: TZS 40,045.7
- Sentence Imposed: 5
03
Procedural history
Posture
Criminal Appeal / Judgment
04
Questions and positions
Legal issues
Whether the conviction based solely on co-accused confession is sustainable under section 33(2) of the Evidence Act, 1967
Party arguments
- Applicant
- Appellant was convicted solely on the confession of a co-accused, which is insufficient under the law.
- Respondent
- The prosecution relied on the confession of the co-accused implicating the appellant.
05
Court’s reasoning
Legal principles
- 01
Section 33(2) of the Evidence Act, 1967
Confession of a co-accused is insufficient to sustain a conviction unless corroborated.
06
Ratio, limits and disposition
Ratio decidendi
Conviction based solely on co-accused confession is insufficient under section 33(2) of the Evidence Act, 1967; conviction and sentence quashed.
Court disposition
conviction quashed, sentence set aside, appellant released unless otherwise lawfully held
- conviction quashed
- sentence of five years imprisonment set aside
- appellant to be released at once unless otherwise lawfully held
Source and reliance status
TZHC · 21 July 1986
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TZHC
Judgment· 21 July 1986
IN THE HI<3li COURT Cf TANZANIA AT MT\i·iARA HIGH COURT CRIMINAL _APPEAL NOo 9 QF 1985 Original Crimin?l Case No.1~ of 1982 8f ·L~e District Court of Liwale District At Liw;,le . .I , , E~fore K.h. Ra~hidi; i~Q~t D. Magistrate . SAI.:::I s.,LEH KACHE:.oA e O. e O O e O o o O o A.l.i:;;; ...,L.. 'T. V<:;rsus THS REPUBLIC 0••00000000•0••00000 .·· .,. ..·. ] f ; RUBAMA,. J. . .. SAIDI SALEHE KACHEMBA was amongs.t.. two persons convicted of stealing e/s 265 of the·.Penal codt~ >;.d sentenced.to FIVE YEARS imprisonment. The story brief~y is that shs.40,045/70 wus sept ~ Kimambi Ujamaa Village by GAPEX for the purchase of some agricultural products. This money was kept by the _chairman of the villag_e ~~~-·~..de his house.• During ._, ! :· . ·, .:.,;.·--:; . ·, :. .. . . . ·- the 1:1igh t of t. ,;,, very . d..:~<~·,-tee•ei"pit/of th;e)noiiey • ·. .. ~ l' ... :, . , 12th/13th Oc-:ober, J.982r,.,.:th~ mo~ey;w~·s st;9,l_t~.,:;J:: '.l'_he ,:·1·,·11• . •(;,;,,~ .. ., ·:. · .:"-.· . .:, . ~ z'.; .. . .r . . • ······: :,• ":-., •,J ! ·" . ehairrnam,, his two \,Ji V.'~l>iim;i, .their gue~it ,,w;;:.re. r... rres ted. ' . • '!/'•.7 ,'J. : .. ,:,(.. : :;, .. .. '·· ·.. . . - •. ': on suspiciorl ,.of ('~aving''·sto1en · the money 1-~s. th·:: house . . .: ._... ·:.. • •• i _ ~1}s;.~,~ which -had pe:~.n kept t,h~ money ~ad. n~~- i:.>uen bu;i•ed. Inscid€!'. job had ri9~ti1y. ~een- suspected. , list
~, .,.f~.--the·. .,-• , •• I ,Jt ' . . . ··:tbose arrested· -w,as1 c1c!dca, .ln~~h;r person ~hat •had:been ~.· ~:. ~ti~~ed by.-: oi;ie -~a# the. w.i-~7-~ 't~~- villAge ·c:hairman 'fl hiiv.tng' .if.·--~:.: •·. :: ·beelh4J1VOlVed 'il'.l; ··t.~e: ~omnri,s.si~n. of the eff enceo · .... ...~-··· '.-'·'-~~ .. _ . ·: ,·:··'-Whff~-::in·-custody t,·,:011~. p~ the tw,o wives of the chd,rmo.n ,.... decid~d to plead gui.it·y.. t.Q..-th~ ehazrg.e,.. ~f'''•th,~f,,.;.. . •...:!J: ·- .. •.; { i 1 ..... . sh~ exene>rat~d her husb~nd, ·}tn:e ''viilr..i·g~. _c:naittnD.ri ,at • . :. her . co-wife. She, ment~orred'f,·. h~~ever·, /;. -· . . . that. r·J.:;~-.. :she h,_ d -~td'~ the money together-.with th~ j;wo otl)e~···pe'ople,. the appellant .. being one of them. It was on this. eviden~ a~one tha~ . . , .. • 1:. ~-- ~•'":~ ... 2 the appellant was convicted. As s033(2) -of the Evidence ·Act, ~967 cl~arly labels such evidence as insu~f~cient ~o sustain a conviction, the conviction o_f the appellant - eannot t:,en;:for~ be all-o-,Jed to stand, It is hureby quashed. Tr:(; - senten·ce c.,f five ,years 'imposs;d_ '- the appellant is set asid_e. The, appellant is t'" ·:::,,-._ :;;~t- f~ee at once u:i.less he it otherwise lawfull:,· '.,-.:ld on another r..r, tter o ·--- .. - .. \ >--.. ·. ·-. ~ ~--~- ~-~-._ Yahya RU:bama Judge 21.7.86 Coram: RUBANA, Jo M~• se?:1gwaji, senior state Attorr~ey for the Republic Appellant absen;t• ~udgrnent delivered. .. ., Ye.hy a Ruba·ma Ju_dge 21~7.86
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