19841124 TZCA Dar es Salaam4

_..., ,r-~{;,. . . .. ............ .,._ .. ___ ,~.-~ --,-,··r•c-s. . . . . . . .__,~~----- . . _ _ . . - ) ·•--- •◄--~ .... _ .-. . __.,. ~ ::; ' IN THE COURT OF APPEAL .OF TANZANIA AT !-'MANZA ' (CORAJ\1: .!'I...Y.§1.lali, CoJo,.Mustafa, JoAo and Kisanga, JoAo) CRIMINAL APPEAL NOo 27 OF 1983 BE'l'h1EEN THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS 0 0 0 C O O o 0 APPELLAN'l' ' A N D WANJARA s/o NYAKUJERWA o 'o 0 0 0 0 0 o O O o 0 0 RES PONO ENT (App~al from the decision of the High Court of Tanzania at Mwanza) . ( Munyer a, J" ) dated the 22nd day of November, 1982 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT • ' ' .: MUSTAFA, JoAo: " The respondent was charged with five counts in the District I Court at Mwanza, two counts of stealing by servant contrary to :: -----.. section 270 and 265 of the Penal Code, and three counts of obtaining goods by false pretences contrary to section 302 of the Penal Code. T~e respondent was acquitted of the theft counts f • ' ~ as well as on one count of 9btaining, but was convicted on two .... . "' counts, beinci counts four :and five at the trial court, of . - - . • ·- ;,' . I obtaining goods by false· p~e~ences,: and· sentenced to three years' ,. . " . .. 1 • t.. imprisonment on each count;, €,he sentences to run conOJrrentlyo I- ' The respondent ?Ppe'aled to the High ~ourt against his conviction on .ti:ie tw<:> cou'nts of obtainingo The first appellate judge concluded. that.on the two count"s of obtaining, the evidence •·1 •• • - adduced in supp'ort thereof, clearly· ,, ' established theft by the ' ,~ . respondent, not obtaining goods by false pretenceso . •/ . He was satisfied that the respondent had s~tolcn the goods in question, ~ .! not that he had obtained them by false pretenceso He stated ' I ✓ in his judgment:~ •00 0 /2 r . ;p.w..c•www • ~ --+-~••·-··:i f -~r- / 2 • 11 H.e should have been charged with r-: b:!a ling the~ property of the Gov-2rnment o o The conviction Q for obtaining cannot be uph1c;ld But I am unable t:c, Q accept the counsc,l' s suggestion that thE~ court should substitute conviction as. sto. ted ubove o o a The ,)rose- . cution i$ to blame for this incurable irregularity~ II Q 'Cl O ·~o ,, .,• .,; Hl! allowed the responde~t 's appeal, quashed the conviction an::l j:' set aside the sen:tences imposed a The Dir~ctor of Public Prosecutions is appealing against I the acquittal to this Courto The only ground urged before us. by Mra Kidelu for th~ Republic is that the judge had erred in not subst:i tu ting a convi:~•tion for theft in the circumstances under the provisions of section 187 ( 2) of the Criminal Procedure Cod.-:!a Section 187(2) read$:- 11 \'Jhen' a person is charged with an offence unier section 302 · or 304 of the Penal Code and the Court is of opinion that he is not guilty of that offence but that he is guilty of the offence of ste:'1ling ::::1r" thing in respect of which he is charged, he may be cbnvicteci of that offence altnough h,2 was not ch;:::;rged with • it e If 0 ·_7 In our view, the provisions of section 187 ( 2) supra ;:.p;_)ly to this caseo Accepting, for the purpose of this appeal, that th,..: judge was right t~ _have concluded that the evidence adduced establ:'...shed that the respondent was guilty of theft nnd not of obtaining goods by false pretenc~s, he had power to substitute a conviction for theft in the circumstances. He erred in holding thu t he could not do sod The respondent has submitted before us that he neithc.cr stole nor obtained goods by false pretences., In the c~rcumstarnies, we allow the .:.ippeal 7 qua sh the order of the High Court and substitute a conviction for theft in counts. four ·c:ind five, c:ind sen-j:,;~nce the respondent to oooo/3 ~ , .r ., ii- .! •1 :1''.• ··..· '.!' fl I: , c~ -~,:7:t 1t·, Ill ,I' ,,,I: f 11 '1 h ,1: '.,,.! j I 1 ,_ 3 i Jc ., , .-. ~t :, ·t,.~i ~ count, the sentences to ~un ~ ~ r; . ·( three years/ii;nprisan!!'e ±: on leach ft'; : ~ /, · ;/ <, l· 1 concurr 7nt9.yo fat! . ,•,;,_~,\:\,. 'I.!,j ; ....\ •i ·. J/'t-.'..~l' , /.,.. I 't: f·P.f ·:k'tt;\~ . i ')J' :,le 1 :>' DA'FpD\•a:t:1.\~}1f,NZA lhis 24th day cf November, 1984 ~ \..,, ~~ t .)L ·J ( O· ., '1,J W\ ii,~: i1t \•.,I',.,, • .,i·,'i, ,, N ... ' -~; J,' \ V \ fttJ~.?~ ~I • ~ .J ,:;itt,.. 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