19700904 TZCA Dar es Salaam

19700904 TZCA Dar es Salaam

Convictions quashed due to insufficient and unsatisfactory evidence linking appellant to the offences; procedural errors in questioning and sentencing for corporal punishment.

Citation
19700904 TZCA Dar es Salaam
Parties
Appellant: Selimani; Respondent: The Republic
Court
TZCA
Jurisdiction
Tanzania
Judgment Date
4 September 1970
Procedural Posture
Criminal Appeal / Judgment
Outcome
convictions quashed, sentences set aside
Legal Topics
Breaking and Entering, Stealing, Corporal Punishment, Criminal Procedure
Source Language
English

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Parties

Selimani

Appellant

The Republic

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Criminal Appeal / Judgment

  1. 1 Whether the conviction for breaking and entering and stealing was supported by evidence
  2. 2 Whether the procedure for imposing corporal punishment was correct

Ratio Decidendi

Convictions quashed due to insufficient and unsatisfactory evidence linking appellant to the offences; procedural errors in questioning and sentencing for corporal punishment.

Court Disposition

convictions quashed, sentences set aside

Orders

  • Appellant to be released and set at liberty unless lawfully detained for another matter