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The High Court allowed a criminal appeal, quashed a corruption conviction, and set aside the sentence after finding the prosecution had not proved an essential element.
The prosecution failed to prove the charges beyond reasonable doubt due to reliance on hearsay and uncross-examined evidence, contradictions in material facts, and failure to establish the elements of the offence. The defence evidence and the evidence of PW2 created reasonable doubt as to whether the appellants solicited or received a bribe.
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The Court of Appeal dismissed a criminal appeal after finding the grounds raised no points of law as required by the appellate rules.
Second appeal against a corrupt transaction conviction dismissed. The Court of Appeal held the prosecution witnesses were not accomplices, so corroboration was unnecessary.
The High Court in Tabora convicted two accused of corrupt transaction after finding they solicited and received Shs. 600/= to forbear charging a brewer.
The High Court dismissed a criminal appeal against conviction for possession of suspected stolen property, holding the concealed T-shirt unexplained and the sentence not excessive.
The High Court allowed a criminal appeal, quashing a conviction for corrupt transaction because the evidence did not match the charge particulars.
The High Court dismissed a criminal appeal against convictions for corrupt transaction, holding that corroborated evidence supported the findings and the concurrent four-year sentences.
The High Court dismissed a criminal appeal against a corruption conviction, finding the evidence credible and the three-year sentence lawful.
The High Court quashed convictions after a charge was substituted without informing the accused of their right to recall witnesses.
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