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The court found no merit in the appeal against conviction, holding that the appellant's intention to steal was sufficiently established. However, the court held that the trial magistrate erred by not considering the eight months already served by the appellant, which was an important factor in sentencing.
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The High Court upheld a burglary and stealing conviction based on recent possession of stolen stereo equipment, but reduced the sentence from 5 years to 3 years.
The High Court upheld Aloyce Mang'ati’s conviction for assault occasioning actual bodily harm, but reduced his sentence from three years to one and a half years.
After a guilty plea for escaping lawful custody, the High Court held the conviction appeal incompetent but reduced the sentence because an unproved prior conviction was wrongly considered.
The High Court upheld convictions for house-breaking and stealing, but reduced the first-count sentence from seven years to three years as unlawful.
The High Court upheld a conviction for obtaining money by false pretences but reduced the sentence from five years to two years, holding the original term excessive.
The High Court upheld a conviction for obtaining money by false pretences but reduced the sentence from five years to two years and ordered it consecutive to another sentence.
The High Court dismissed a consolidated criminal appeal, holding it could not consider a new confession raised only in the appeal petition and upholding convictions based on joint possession.
Criminal appeal on whether prior convictions could be used in sentencing without proof the accused was the person named in the records. Appeal dismissed.
The High Court allowed an appeal against a three-month prison sentence for carrying one passenger in excess, holding the punishment was manifestly excessive.
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