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The High Court allowed an appeal against armed robbery, finding the evidence proved theft but not the use or threat of violence with a weapon.
- Armed robbery
- Theft
- Evidence evaluation
- Conviction substitution
- Armed-robbery
- Criminal-appeal
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20131118 TZHC Dar es Salaam
The High Court substituted armed robbery convictions with burglary where the evidence showed unlawful entry at night, but no proof the appellants were armed.
- Armed robbery
- Burglary
- Conviction substitution
- Sentencing
- Armed-robbery
- Criminal-appeal
19940930 TZHC Dodoma
The conviction for possession of property suspected to have been stolen was quashed because the property was clearly identified as stolen, and a conviction for theft was substituted. The appellant's defense was not credible, and the doctrine of recent possession applied.
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- Store breaking
- Stealing
- Possession of suspected stolen property
- Recent possession doctrine
- Conviction substitution
19870902 TZHC Tabora
The High Court upheld a conviction after finding the facts supported obtaining money by false pretences, not stealing by agent, and left the one-year sentence in place.
- False pretences
- Stealing by agent
- Sentencing
- Conviction substitution
- False-pretences
- Stealing-by-agent
19850327 TZHC Mtwara
The High Court quashed a conviction for stealing by agent, holding the substituted conviction was unsustainable and that the accused lacked the requisite intent.
- Theft
- Stealing by servant
- Stealing by agent
- Conviction substitution
- Mens rea
- Criminal-law
19780107 TZHC Tabora 1
The High Court allowed the appeal in part, quashed burglary and stealing convictions, and substituted a conviction for receiving stolen property based on possession of a stolen shirt.
- Burglary
- Stealing
- Receiving stolen property
- Appeal
- Conviction substitution
- Criminal-law
19770623 TZHC Dodoma
The High Court set aside a conviction under Penal Code section 312, substituting a conviction under section 311(1) for receiving stolen property, while upholding a three-year sentence.
- Theft by servant
- Receiving stolen property
- Minimum sentences
- Conviction substitution
- Criminal-law
- Receiving-stolen-property
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The High Court upheld a stealing conviction but set aside burglary because the evidence showed the offence occurred before dark.
- Burglary
- Stealing
- Appeal
- Conviction substitution
- Criminal-law
- Criminal-appeal
19750408 TZHC Arusha
The High Court allowed a criminal appeal in part, quashing burglary and substituting entering, while leaving the stealing conviction and reducing the sentence.
- Burglary
- Stealing
- Appeal
- Conviction substitution
- Sentencing
- Criminal-law
19741213 TZCA Dar es Salaam
The High Court upheld a conviction for stealing by a public servant but reduced a six-year sentence to three years, holding the wrong section cited was a curable error.
- Stealing by public servant
- Sentencing
- Conviction substitution
- Criminal-law
- Public-servant-theft
- Criminal-appeal
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