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The High Court upheld a conviction for theft by servant, finding the appellant’s role and the evidence, including Exhibit P1, proved the case beyond reasonable doubt.
The conviction was unsafe due to contradictions between the appellant's repudiated confession and the prosecution witnesses, procedural irregularities in recording the confession, and the prosecution's failure to prove the offence beyond reasonable doubt. The omnibus charge further prejudiced the appellant's defence.
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The appellant was charged with theft, but the evidence only established gross negligence, not theft or conspiracy. The prosecution failed to prove theft beyond reasonable doubt. The conviction and compensation order cannot stand.
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The High Court allowed a criminal appeal, set aside a theft conviction and compensation order, and held the evidence showed at most negligence, not stealing.
The High Court partly allowed a criminal appeal, quashing convictions for forgery, uttering false documents, and fraudulent false accounting, but upholding theft by servant.
The High Court of Tanzania upheld a conviction for theft by servant and confirmed a three-year sentence, finding the prosecution evidence credible and the appeal unmeritorious.
The court allowed a criminal appeal, holding that the guilty plea was not unequivocal because the facts raised a claim of right, so the conviction could not stand.
High Court appeal in a criminal case about conspiracy and theft by servant. Convictions for some appellants were quashed, while others were upheld with sentence reductions.
Criminal appeal on conspiracy and theft by servant. The High Court upheld convictions for some appellants, quashed others, and reduced unlawful sentences.
The High Court allowed Sparrow Baje’s appeal, quashed his conviction, and substituted Ayub Sabibi’s conviction to obtaining goods by false pretences.
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