Peter Mahigu and Another vs Republic (HC Criminal Appeal No. 197 of 1972) [1973] TZHC 147 (30 March 1973)

IN THE HIGH COUHT OF THZ:.NI 0 APPBLLATF 'JURISDICTION 'HIG COUBT UIMINAL APPFL NO4 , 197 OF 1972. l- (Original Criminal Caso No. 131 of 1969 of -tho District Court of Maswa District at Maswa - Bofore N. E. R.'Nwakaixng.ira Esq, D. M.) .r.; : •.. , ' • -•. :., • . •., '•• ' P j-i :BLR M IGU. . . . . 0 • I • • • • • • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPLL4NTS LUiBWA KILANGILA (0i'igin6l iocaso) . ) • versus c PHEaBPUBLIC. . . 0 • • 0 • I • • • • S I • 6• • • • • S S .REpONDFNT (Origina1 prosecubor) C1HR! Stealing by Seri.rant o/se326tandL271 of the Penal Code. . I d : • JUG'M__FNT c Eli '- ..•, .:.. . •"'- ,• . ' • ;. ••. ''' I . .' •' ' •• : ''' .; •:: • - . •. D ' -'.."''''''' .• ' • . - •' .• -" t', ' " ?.atlr . '•-• ( • ., \ I C- _.4 -: -.- ,' • ' . ': 2!,)3i •'•.'.. •''''• ,.•. ' •. - • ' ' - ' • '•'.•' Both apolJans arecovicted of. 'Stealing by Sorvan -t' and sentCflced to 2 yearii],somcnt. Both nowpboa agains-t onVi&tion and sentence, , • Both werT3 t the matari1 tares eor,.atar 1 y. 8nd U ommt'e Mib o flamata Cotton Growerp Soity,iithi'n thIwá J 'D'1st±'ict' ri 24/10/68 rand 29/1p/6 ne Zi. ogoca wnt)ct4 th Soàic-ty to au1 cotton. It was ffaod, wei&hed d prersdte.mined. Then t' Seety" gave his reccipt. Zengo said he was not naid for t1e 1.cotton.,Qn: ±1'• yhiov to the iSosity becaue on b o t h occasions becaas9 he eqxetai?y sadther was no mône7 tb $, a1id'as told £ocotne 1atitorçoloct t • Zongoont hack,wz.tx iboits and'later attatswe m%de co1eot money Ot iedt but wi told that mone as a1r-ady paldt for tthds'e reits. Matter was f0drted t 41ice d.3a reu)i both aØi.lants 'wee cht! ±'ór the çcnvieted, fnce these ppea1 In teir memoaiàuin o aQ1 fq11%i.ng are t1 grQLn1ds U w\htand& tflO Ngooha acknowledged ofi contrc1 sheet ctho 1ar ai te1 'd i.r convicting. .T1e appeQla±its £

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• .wo .Ø• 2nd. ape11ant guilty he has only this to say. 'As the peyrnent is a joint function of both aciisod it must be that the accused used thig money for their own ends: Accordingly I fi±i4. bth acOsad guilty of stoaling Shs.542/90 which 00-oT5erativo Money. ' With ret I am anable to agx'oO to this rdasoning and conclusion. On the contrary all the evidence on record prove conclusively that payment was not the function of a committee member i.e. 2nd appellant, In my view prosecution failed prove any case at all against the 2nd appellant and his conviction is wrong. For these reasons I allow this appeal of the 2nd. appellant, Conviction for 2nd appellant is, hGraby çuashed and sentence is set aside. It is ordered that 2nd appellant i.e. Mahewa Kilangila be sot free forthwith unless otherwise legally held. As for 1st appellant in my opinion prosecution proved the case against him beyond all reasonable doubts and the learned trial magistrate was quite correct in convicting him, Now I will deal with the 3rd ground of appeal which is that there is no evidence that the money alleged to have been stolen belonged to Ilamata Cotton Growers Society. Mr. Ragarabamu has an interesting point here. He said once Zengo signed 'Control Shoet t t and was issued with a receipt, the money though not handodover to him is still the proerty of Zengo and not the Society. Learned State Attorney could not agree to this submission. I too am unable toEgreo to this submission, Money till it is handedover to Zengo was still the property of the Society and Zongo had merely a right to claim it from the Society and the society owed that money to Zengo as at that time. Only when it was paid to Zengo, it became his proarty. I think this deals with the third ground of appeal. As the fourth ground appeal Mr. Rugarabamu submitted that there was no evidence that the Ilamata Cotton Grower's &ciety was a society registered uxider the Co—operative Societies Ordinance. Learned State Attorney replied that Ilamata Cotton Grower's Society is a branch of Nyanza Co—operatie Society and judicial notice must be taken to the effect that society was registered, PW.l - who is the 2nd general ol,erk in his evidence said Ilarnata Cttn Grower's Society is a branch of Nyanza Co—operative Union whose registration number is 818. But he did not remember registration number of Ilamata Cotton Grower's Society. In my view this is enough to establish that llama-ta Cotton Grower's Society is a society registered under the Co—operative Societies 'dina nc c As for the last ground of appeal which is that conviction was against the weight of evidence and sentence was excessive. I have already dealt with conviction -part of it. Its for sentence it is the minimum and not at all excesjo.t. For these reasons this appeal of the 1st appellant fails and is dismissed in its entirety (. B. Fatal). 29th Ma±ch,. 1973. JUDGF. -Delivered in Court this 30th day of March, 1973 in presence of i4r., Rgarbn1u for appellants and Mr. Ntabaye for the Repub1i. (S. B. Patel) 30th March, 1973. jiDGE.