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The High Court allowed a criminal appeal, finding the conviction for unnatural offence unsafe because the medical evidence was inconclusive and no witness saw the act.
The application for review was dismissed because the grounds raised were not within the scope of Rule 66(1) and amounted to an attempt to re-appeal rather than demonstrate a manifest error or deprivation of the right to be heard.
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The applicant failed to establish any of the grounds for review under Rule 66; insufficiency of evidence is not a manifest error on the face of the record and was already addressed in the appeal. The application is an appeal in disguise and is not permissible.
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The Court of Appeal upheld a conviction for armed robbery, holding that the omitted preliminary hearing did not vitiate the trial and that Tanzanian courts had jurisdiction.
The Court of Appeal held that procedural errors in re-titling and renumbering a transferred appeal did not nullify the proceedings, but the respondent failed to prove the vessel caused the accident.
The High Court upheld a conviction for cattle theft, finding the appellant sold the stolen goat and that recent possession, with credible evidence, supported guilt.
The High Court upheld a conviction for cattle theft, finding that recent possession and the appellant’s own admission provided sufficient proof.
The High Court allowed a criminal appeal after finding the charge sheet defective for misjoinder and insufficient particulars, and the evidence insufficient to support conviction.
The High Court allowed a criminal appeal, holding that the charge sheet was incurably defective and the prosecution evidence was too weak to sustain conviction.
The High Court quashed a criminal conviction after finding the evidence against the appellant was based only on suspicion and was insufficient in law.
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