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IN THE EIGH POURT OF TANZANIA AT.TANGA APPELLATE JURISDICTION.... ..CRIMINAL APfEAL No. 33 OF 1980 (.Original Crimir1a1 Case No. 3?8 ~:f a.,979 of. tne) ~' (DiS~rict Cou_~t of Ta.n~ ~istrict at Tn.nga •••• ) Before l· J •: MUSHUMBUSI.;. Esq., D/Magistra te _ ,· .; SALIMU' ALI KIEi.RAZA • •••••••••• ·•• ,.APPELLANT (Orig;· accused) Yersus I : -•"THE REPUBLIC.• • .,• ••••••••• • ........ RESl>ONDENT · - (Orig; Prosecut9r) . .J CHARGEa _l.st Count:·· Consipiracy to commit~ a felony els 384 of the Penal Co.de, Cap~ 16 of the Laws; ,2nd 1 4th,· 6 tht 8th 1 10th 1 Counts1 Fraudulent false 1 .?,ccount:uw; 4/s 317 {b) of the Penal Code Cap. 1.6 of -the·Ldws; ;i'rd. ·5th th th 11th Counts Stealing by Servant · s, 271 ·and· 265 of the Penal Code Cap. :~6 . bf tiie·i Lci.ws ~- •· .· :\ .. ,• •• ' • • l TUD GEMENT·: " I .J' ...'·' i: =. 'irhis appellant, Sai:im Ali Ki baraza, and two others who··were . . . ' ... ,1,1! • ' :acquitt~di,.a.t the trial were ·jointly charged 6n a. total number of ii ·. .· t .. , ' nine. Counts of offences under the Peno.'1 Code~ 'One and/or the first . . • " I. ·: .. ;· ,, . ., . ' ' count was that of Conspir:~cy to commit a felony con:trary to· section ,a4:• The res~; namely_ C_oµnts ;~ 5, ·7, 9! 11, 13, 15 and 17 were of Stealing by Servant~ '. Like· his two co;..a.c'ci1se<l,' 'the appellant· was. ·. '-BC4Ui tted on the f.:trst and/or Conspiracy dowit 1 he

wa.s no so luclcy' Oll but L •·· . . . ' ~ the other· counts.· .He was c~pvicted as charged and he was sentence4 to· ~' r' . . ·m the statutory·minimum. of three years imprisonment·o~_~a.ch count•· - ,. 2 I ( " Sentences to ran oofi~~r±-,:ntly. D:i,ssq.'~isfie~ he is now appealing Evidence was adduce'd.:'1it,' th~ trial to show that the appellant was '•. (, 1•\·\o ~ t, • -. ·- . ; .I a headman employed bf Gape-~{ . H:ts duties at' the material time ihbluded , l - .• ·.; • Robusta Coffee were to b~:f,c(}:ff loaded from ·the wagons on a particular ·. , . . ..... i :: l :";- ' ~,: ~ . I • ·; t~ ~ . .. day and the number of, l[ )Curers required to handle the load: He Would then supply these parti( nla:rs· ·to· ·the. clerks concerned at the Gapex . .- ,;. · ~i: t-:t::r ~ (~ 1 r; .• offices whereup6?ttt: paymd'.it .~ou~her •'s'11cw1±ng, the r.ii.µ;iber, q~ ,,.bags as •• •; , ~ • , ,. ' , ' , ' I f i :· mentioned by the app~llanb . and the names of the labourers as supplied ;·, by him wdu1tl be' ··il;_ J.'OUld, however, .... ~- .J. : l' r ~·- -· · 1 • Q du1:y •b~eh .. stgn~i~ by::-'.~he- ;J~Jj?~.9F~~.;j? signat9r~es then the lump sum is . . ' ... ·.- t'dl eventually paid to the [ :)pellant,- ,Cc.I .':·;:_··.: ! / : .,/ ·::t . ,. 'U}tid~ee[_)l,'~~/~~i.e~ i~i''Af~ t~t --~~-12(?/79, acting upon information r~: ·,'•• ~:i:··•·...·~--:,:-~~·.:.~~-":._.uf.." ',' .' --.,r.l ,1·•• 1 received

he proceeded t,, Gape:t' ofel9:ea tln,d'·'se1.zJd, among other documents, ,_ • • ~:, • II eight payment vouchers, Exhi, bit P.4 (a) to (h) · inclusive;' The amounts 0 . .. -7·••·,~ .. - ............ ~-..... . . --......... · .. w ~ on these were acknowledged to. haye been received by the appellant, ;·-~ ......' ........: u . However, upon checking the ltlilway-s --goods delivery book covering the samb period ot, the J?ll_yment_, it was discovered that the number of b..-igs t {'i_, shown by the, CrJ;ipei1ant to l.ave '·- • • • • i, .I .. : ' - ( b~ed hahA1~a. was; ,gteP:t,er: , The pqgs .,,,... : . ~ in ~:kcess · nrtd -n~1,, peen,_ har: led. and yet payment f,or . t,hem h~d already " . . ·J' .• • ' . ; ', . '·,· . ,.!. .... : ;.. beei:i\:iiiad·e;f·, .fhe 1 a.mp~~ p~ic .. f~r,: the. b'igs of; coftee,•::W~:i..ch 1n~ver exi~t:d . is a~ per Oow;i;~s 3,,,. 5, .7, . :) , , 11,; :i.3'~ ·15 ·and 17 in the charge as 1a':ii; .... In·;his, de:fen~e -~;: ~:,)pellant d~nied receiving the money in ~~~esf4': ,\., This d·enial cwas re jec~ed _by the 1~-~i;ned trial ,,a.ngist~si,te and, I ~;t .·:·:.1·.--;-;~ ·::·\i<fd; ·_quite ri,ght~y,_so: ., .· .. ; . - ..<; ,.... . ·\··.·., f~ ' ·'·; : ::,,; -~ ln•.'hie,;petit;:i.on of dppeal the 'appellant ·only Ill:'lk~S protestations • " • • :·~·· .... • (, J of his ,inn~cence: He. (toe~ ~~t ;~~~:;;; ariy;point ,i:Qf, 1aw; or any new ]_ine -· ,, : of

d~fertoe!. ...,.. 3 In so far as he was the one who supplied the number of the b~gs and the names of the labourers and a1so in so far as he was the person to whom ·all the money was paid it was incumbent upon him to account for the ~onies Which were paii for the bags which were never handled, nor, indeed, there at a11;' Tr.:.is he, miserably, failed to do~ The only reasonable inferen'ce to be drawn is, ind,ee~, that he stole the so.id sums of money~ In the c;vent the convictions a.re sound in law and the same are hereby upheld:;· - Turning to sentence there is ~othing tho.t this Court can do by way of reducing the same as the subStantive, sentence to be served by (._. the appellant is the ba.re minimum under the law: In the final eve\\t this appeal fails and it is hereby dismissed in its entirety·: "r,ij Judge, 12/ 4/82