19830813 TZHC Mbeya
- Citation
- 19830813 TZHC Mbeya
- Status
- Judgment
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Court
- TZHC
- Decision
- 13 August 1983
- Posture
- Criminal Appeal / Judgment on Appeal
- Language
- English
More details
- Court
- TZHC
- Decision
- 13 August 1983
- Posture
- Criminal Appeal / Judgment on Appeal
- Language
- English
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01
Holding and result
The conviction was unsafe as the evidence did not clearly link the appellant to each of the 37 counts, and the aggregate amount in the counts did not match the alleged shortage in the auditor's report.
Court disposition
appeal allowed
Orders
- conviction and sentence set aside
02
Material facts
Parties
Vitus s/o Singa
AppellantThe Republic
RespondentAmounts and remedies
- Total Loss Alleged: TZS 96,226
03
Procedural history
Posture
Criminal Appeal / Judgment on Appeal
04
Questions and positions
Legal issues
- 01
Whether the conviction on 37 counts of stealing and forgery was supported by evidence
- 02
Whether the sentence imposed was justified
Party arguments
- Applicant
- The appellant denied stealing the money and claimed he did not know how the money was lost as the losses occurred in the shops, which he was not in charge of.
- Respondent
- The prosecution relied on the auditor's report showing a total loss of Shs96,226/- and charged the appellant based on this loss.
05
Court’s reasoning
Legal principles
- 01
General principles of criminal law
Conviction must be based on clear evidence linking the accused to each count charged.
06
Ratio, limits and disposition
Ratio decidendi
The conviction was unsafe as the evidence did not clearly link the appellant to each of the 37 counts, and the aggregate amount in the counts did not match the alleged shortage in the auditor's report.
Court disposition
appeal allowed
- conviction and sentence set aside
Source and reliance status
TZHC · 13 August 1983
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TZHC
Judgment· 13 August 1983
IN THd iIGH COURT OP Ti2,*jLi1L
AT I LBLYA j ITn?TcT(.mTCc beya Re.gi stry) CRB4'LINiU PfliLL NO. 27 OF 1982 ORIGIN.L ClRiNJL C NO 18i OF jfj DiSTRICT COURT Oi? IRING DISTRICT AT IRINGt Before: A. L. Mwakalobo, Esq., District liagisfrate. VITUS s/o SING;aLl!. ................ , ........ APPELJIINT
VERSUS THI B.EI-UBLIC ....... .. RESPONDENT iAE 3 Counts Stealing by servant c/s7L arid 265 of the ena1 Code. 32 Counts: Forgery c/ss. 333 and of the Penal Code.
JIIDCNLNT MTrJ. The appellant was charged with 37 ciits of stealing. by it vk,tLs in evidence that the appellant wa ,. counittee ioembèr aM thb ChàXitai of planning and finance eociiiittei of .tdodi U.jaaa ViJ1age. O: 20/1/81ri official of Uaioaa na UshLik (w3) audited thecounts of the village, He discovered total loss& öi' Ss96,226/unacnted, for. The apjiellant was charei jointly with th i._11age accountant (2nd accused nat bbicótnd in this appeal). In his d.efetice the appellant aenied. that he stole the aoney. Ho also said he did tbt icxOw how the moiey got lost bebailse the losses occurre(i in the shops am li he was not in charge of them lie was convicted and sentenced to vaiouE concurrent ai.1 terms, highest hem; 3 years in count 9. Re appealeJi to this eourt. The auditor (1.3)'s report rovealed a total loss oftut Shs96,226/. The report did not tell how each of 7 counts was involved, -Lt is not clear how the '0oecuvion arrived at 'these 37 counts. 'k.en eli 347 ount are adcled up the a:regate arount is very far loss that the a1lee4 shortage in the auditor' s report. Teoreover thr was flQ evdenc whethe the losses (if there wer any) wore the noinal husines t. , Az-alitkes6 vero caused by thf I:. on:r esc tee 1OsO 7OI' aotTac into the rpe1lani. h )3cUti.O a case agnt the peIt. I allow the ae quei - ant' viotian çL sEt aside the sntencc and At l4beya 9 F. 4iiLt1YER&, 13th ugust, 19 8 3
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