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Criminal law 20090923 TZHC Iringa

20090923 TZHC Iringa

The High Court upheld the conviction for burglary and stealing, applied recent possession, and reduced the stealing sentence from 5 years to 3 years.

  • Burglary
  • Stealing
  • Doctrine of recent possession
  • Sentencing
  • Evidence of accomplices
  • Criminal-law
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Criminal law brown peter kaswela vs republic 1986 tzca 56 28 april 1986

brown peter kaswela vs republic 1986 tzca 56 28 april 1986

The Court of Appeal upheld a conviction for receiving stolen sugar, finding the key witnesses credible and corroborated, and dismissed the appeal.

  • Store-breaking
  • Receiving stolen property
  • Evidence of accomplices
  • Corroboration
  • Sentencing
  • Criminal-law
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Criminal law 19790720 TZHC Arusha2

19790720 TZHC Arusha2

A Tanzanian criminal appeal was allowed because the conviction rested on accomplice evidence without independent corroboration.

  • Stealing by persons employed in public service
  • Evidence of accomplices
  • Corroboration
  • Criminal-law
  • Accomplice-evidence
  • Evidence
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Criminal law 19750611 TZHC Dodoma

19750611 TZHC Dodoma

The High Court allowed a criminal appeal against acquittal, convicted a public servant of theft, and held that accomplice evidence under section 142 need not be corroborated.

  • Theft by public servant
  • Evidence of accomplices
  • Corroboration
  • Interpretation of evidence act
  • Appeals against acquittal
  • Theft-by-public-servant
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