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Criminal law godfrey elisalia others vs republic 2023 tzca 17325 12 june 2023

godfrey elisalia others vs republic 2023 tzca 17325 12 june 2023

The Court of Appeal partly allowed a criminal appeal, quashing convictions for stealing cattle but upholding convictions for injuring animals against two appellants.

  • Stealing animals
  • Armed robbery
  • Injuring animals
  • Burden of proof
  • Variance between charge and evidence
  • Compensation in criminal cases
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Criminal law fundisha omary fundisha 2016 tzca 316 19 april 2016

fundisha omary fundisha 2016 tzca 316 19 april 2016

The Court of Appeal allowed a second criminal appeal, quashed the conviction for injuring animals, set aside the sentence, and ordered the appellant’s release.

  • Injuring animals
  • Admissibility of evidence
  • Sentencing
  • Expert evidence
  • Criminal-law
  • Evidence
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Criminal law 19881022 TZHC Mtwara

19881022 TZHC Mtwara

The High Court upheld a conviction for injuring animals under section 325 of the Penal Code, but set aside a 12-month prison term as excessive and ordered compensation instead.

  • Injuring animals
  • Sentencing
  • Appeal
  • Criminal-law
  • Animal-injury
  • Criminal-appeal
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Criminal law 19710514 TZHC Arusha

19710514 TZHC Arusha

Two criminal appeals were allowed in the High Court at Arusha: one for stealing from the person due to weak identification evidence, and one for injuring a donkey due to excessive sentence.

  • Stealing from person
  • Injuring animals
  • Sentencing
  • Identification evidence
  • Criminal-law
  • Identification-evidence
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