19860622 TZHC Dar es Salaam

IN THE :EU C:H·::: Cou:::.T ff:' T/,NZANIA APP:::~LL..'.T.~ JUiiL;HIC TI ON HIGH cou~--:'.r cnII.IHTI.L f,.PPEAL NO. 28 OF 19e6 OIUGllLL CrJJ.'.IK\L ·c . ~:sE NO •. 592 OF 1,e5 or THI;: DL~UrD.ICT com.1T OF IL.ALA DISTRIO~ AT 1asuw- Bef ox>e U,. Ci.1··.0:.1··, :Uesidtmt Magutrate SU4IT.A Ml1.Uiu\,. , •••• , ,· ••• •, •.•••••• , •••• , • , •,, •••., ••• 11.PJ?BLL.i\J:TT versus THE UNITED IlEPUBLIC •• ·• I • ' t • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ' • • • • • • • • ,RESPONDDJ.~T ~l•t•~s, ~1 ~ · · Appe1iant ~s aeI'Y'inG •. D0~1tence of five yeo.rs :l.tztniso1t1.ent • 1m'.t'08ed •n him r.fte:r he ,r r.1 convicted of ateol:i,ng by c.gent c:cm·t~rJ to se,t:t.~n '!7'( b) -,f the· I'c:,.1.··.1 Code. Thia oppeol is a{?;:\inst b()tl1 1on'V'iftitn and sentenced,, The ui,,iispu.ted f0.otc ··:•e th~t canploil'ltmt Or\& hist.Ul.o M'.":!1i1i:.r: wo:,, ot the material tiuo 1 omung n peugeot eell.l,•n Jt'll't At the (JD.yloillcn:t 1 e request, :·.:n~Jl1.:nt took the sr.id '°"~ fe11 X'ft,OU' ~t M~t gnrage; But the c. ~- lied there for n'bout one yeo.r witbol\t being rqt'i:red nnd so 8an!)lr.j.1'l..'"'.nt daoided to Nmove and oend it to · ,'1n3the:i,. goroge,. 1. t the til:1.0 of the remo~l, ~ numbot' e:f' pnrts ·.1c:i..~c t'o'411Q. mia:,ing fl'an the c,.::.·. It is r. t this jun•~ wh-1'1 the dio:,ll. ·~e nl'iae:J, On 011• h~nd it i:J ol:-.imed. by the gcroge ownel.' th".t 1'111 the . m1ssi,ng epores

were t'.'.ton b3° t.'.1c nppellnnt, '.'.lllege(l.y for l!t!lte fl.\:·itc,..- ~. ~t~ i; being dis:?utoc1 by the np:r,ellont whe elaims to h"lve t·.l:on on\:r N."6 item.a out o:f t:-:.o tot:-.1 list of o'oout ,, part$ mention.Gd. ~'l th• •lm:rge esheet, The r-r.:i.c.1 five sp::ire \ p...-1rts whi•h :lppelltmt idtn1ta te ho vie tQken for ~fe cu::; ·;or.1y r,ere av.:-.ilo ble for oolle•tion by 1f.10 pi111o1n,'lnt, ~• to•t toot np1,e11.-.nt ~7~3 entrusted with see ports of t:.le IC!lllJ1a1:lll:ot's vehiele :for o;-.te custody pending the eempl,eti,n of t:1e r&~11's 1s net mc,etr.ble, . \ry:':.)cll~nt himself nclmite this faet, Tho ,·,hole dispute ie o:a the number o;,• ;;:~ the:x- ir.mes ot the etlid ,arts, .f.t)rH>ll.z~nt •1a~e that he ~s given d.::f-.lhbot;rd, o~r sents, sel:f' a~:t>te=-, dyn".mo :-...1c1 f!l~&t:,, This list h~.s been corrobornted by his witness one Pewo I.I··1J.rn whlt ~litMing to the teutimo:;.1y of P\73 one Onori Hass~ni, wos one ~f. t~e me,ho.n.1•s who hel~d in diCA".1cmt~:i.ng the spores in dispute. On tho o·i;l~e,... hond 1t is _thi to.se foxi tha 1>ros~ution thct the nUIIl'ber ond n".'::ner1 o:i:' the spnrea given to the r.l!)"?ell::11"~ ~1·0 r.:s specified in the ohr-.rge a'·1~&t. Hoi\lioo evei-, the evidenee l'.'ldduoec.1 ,;o f::-r supports only pc:rt of this l:l,13·h• L.1 this e()ruleft:l.tn I h::r11• 1n minc1 ·~::.o evidence of Qno.ri Hnssoni (P1tV,),

.Aaoo:.·<2:1.ng 4,) .... - 2 - tc, this witness tli.c J--.1·ts 'iLioh he ~nd Petro Mnure dismentloc1 fra:n the •~P1'1:l.nt' s c'·::;_' ;1d then h':'.nded over to the ~l''?ell·'.11"~ ,··:cro start&,:, dyn.1lllo, d::sl:.bo--.Z'd, front. lights, re~.l' lights, O'"'.l' J:'".'t.1io, fc".»b'I.U'(l ttr, :five ty:t'8s, r~ndsoreen, door oovetls, wi:i;>el' m:"'o.... inc~, :t':t'Olit ~U.l, whe&.\ •Ylinc1.cr, 1"3_icle steel, outout, renr.-v1ew mirror, c~oor ::1Jndle.J1, wipe~ motor and wi:7exi s,7itch, As it is cle~i-ly noted this 3,i:.;'b ~s l.eae them wh::.t hc.s been p:.rtto~u::-.:rised in the oh,:,,rge sheet• It "'.~:,o:·.J10 th1:1t the ,e.i,to nll&g•d in tl:o oh,.::rge sheet wel'e e0pie4 fNm the 1.1.tJt ocmi,Ue~ on the de1y when can,1:-.in·:nt took avl'!ly her ·oar,· This vms ::iiJou·t Olio ya~,11 -------- o.ft&r the ci~r h:-:id bQen :I.yin~ in t.he gnro.ge.' The trut;1 ::s· -~c'ln1ttod . by the o.ppellcm:t "\nrl tho ,:.."'l~ge owner is that no 11st vr1s p:re:9 ;l.'Gtl. ·t the time when the sp:-,.~oo rr1n•& ._j.ven to the Qppeallont. In iauc,h sit~··_Uon, ma the -wi~l. Jl).".';&31stxi:.te juritified to ~eoept the l1St au'l!mitttc'l ~y the prositv.t1~n siae ~s 01,:,oeed to thot of_ the nppallt.mt? W:t. th i-ttal)ot:t, theH JIQS no eueh ju.~ti:f'ic~.tion, According to tho und1•pute4 M1.f'tm,-e, th,e tJJ,Y.\re ~':\rta whi~h woi•e to be kept by the ~ppell0nt '.'(Ore th•~o w:~toh eo\lld bo

eo.et1,r removed. '.l:r"'.t t'.1e C'."r :-nd ·stolen. If $0 ·it 1• ~~inl;:'bl• that eueh t,e\J.'ts should i;.1olucle ::;ll the four tyxiea {1.nd one ,au.~la·to u ·'.fJtfl.t' ~~ J In any c·'.::ie l'Juoh bie quantity of p:1:rta ~" •l~:1.mod b;." tho:.,,.... •"-tton ,o~d' not lr:ve bcon t~ken out wi_thout the ~:r.:\ge nwi.ter ~"ptng Trt! . fl; tho e~•• It 1a vo:t'3' lilcely thCl t the ear was et'lni b:ll~aod, :-.~1100 the _ d1.e:;i.~rn,n,e of thane :~::-.i·ts, during the perj,o~ Of one ;ye":",l.~ •,·r~~oi, 1t h!'ld baen 1,-tng in the gnr:ge, t!oot (jf these baoky::-;rd. ~~eta, er.mmcu:~.y lmown a, 11 0 ~ ~ Mtt 11 ~re ver.ir ~lotorioua fox, this aort ot Z11ia•h1of' 11 As a wnolo, pr.or;ieot.1 tion side hod not C1ddue~ a\iff.1t1on•b QV:t~~o:.:.-e on wh'-21 the eol'N1.•"t1or.. could be sifely pegged. ~o the oontr•u,v ·.:,:~oUnnt hai, m:1.n."\gea to e-~s·t r101.\bt on the proaeoutiox. 1:iae, J.100X'di+l· 1Y ·l:hU oi,peal, 11i 0llnedt oonv:f.e>t1on irJ (_"1..1.C'.ehed and sentenee set aa1de1 .:~:~;,1oll~.~1t Bh~d. b~ :r:eletl-4 1mmed1"\toly 1.\i1l.e1;1a his continual i1'l.tt'lreomti•n o.•,;.1 l<'J .,.'.'.l~ be JWJ~ 29'f'86 For the .Reapond-,nt: H1r::J,-:: Phil:I.J, ;r.,_. the Appell~nt: 11r, H:-.::x-.ndo.