Luziro s/o Sichone and Another vs Republic (CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 129 OF 1997) [1998] TZHC 2265 (19 June 1998)
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IN THE HIGH C:)URT OF TANZANIA
AT MBEYA. ·
CRIMINAL APPE!-1.L NOo 129 OF 197
tFrom the decision of the .5 ,r 1996
Before: J .--L ... ,·Lu-p3nza - s~mbr D/Nagistrate)
LUZI2C S/0 SICH'.ONE · )istric Court ef
Mboz:t,· 9.t Vwa.wa •in· ':!-ri:::bal .case N
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APPELLANTS KENsTH 5HU:?I OI' SOLDER s;::ur.:-;GWS~ I Ver,3us THE ·REPJ3:.Ic ••• ~ ••••• .,. • ••• ! .... o RESPONDENT ,) .. JUDGMENT . ·,,., .... The first an·d second• appell
t, Luzit'o Siehone and Keneth .Shupi alias , Soldier Silungwe, who were th~- first ~ second aeeused :gers_one ref!peitiv:ely, .... ' . and five others, Denham Mbongwe { thW accused), Wilbert Konzo "Chaganya 11 . (. , . (fourth accused), Erasto Pilla (fifth -acU:sed) •·liud Petric.- (six'th acused), ' and John Sal:Mamarnba (seventh accused), were jointly indicteo· · l?f{ore, tne di13trict . • . . I . ··-tf. . court of Mbozi for Armed Robbery, contrary to secti,ns·285 and 286 of tke Psna.l Code, as amended by Act No. 10 of 1989. They all plead~ 1Y>t e;ailty t~ __ th1,1, Before th9 hearing cammeneed. t.e _eharge againet the fourtt, :ifth, sixth. anc. seventh accuseds was y,ithdrawn undr section 86(a) ,,-r ti ... e Criminal PJ'.'ocedure . , Act 1985,. arid th·ey wer_e discrgedo The third accused died after giving his .. e,, defence·, ·but he· was nevertheless cpnvicted.:ef the offen;e ef Being b posset?s;i.on ,.. . . . . . . . . . . of property suspe•ted- .of havi.11g· being stolen or, __ contrary to .. · . . section 312 of the Penai Code, a18.wf'.Ully a.cqued no sentence.was passed. The fi:::'st and second appellants were convicted as charged and each sentnced to the statuti·•ry minimum .!:;"'.)risoent term of thirty years_. They were aggrie,.,-e,- by the conviction and ,;':_,ntence, hence this appeal which wa-s preferred and argued before me by their learned advocate·, Mr. Mwakolc, of M/S Mwakilasa'. anti Ci,mpany Advocates, who h'.:1.d ,'I.J.sc.:·reprsented. them at the trial.:_ The appeal waree_i~ted by the learned state . ··.:.,rney for the Republic 1 Mr. 1'1uloki,zi 11 ~e ~ectO!"· e.f Public Presecutions •••• 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ./ 2 -
2 - J ,·· ?refe~ a Cri,ss-Appaal 1 the> details of whicJ1 shall come out in the course of this judgment. The i!:.cident happeri~d tlU:ting the night of 14.1, 97 at 3.00 Am in Tunduma . • . i· . . . ... • . . toim at one of the shops at tne market area which belonged to Norcat Msigwa : ;. : .,. . ... : \ ' . . ~ ' '. . . . : . ; PW10o :The market ar;;a wa$ bfightly lit ·by electric semirity lights 0 Five night watc~..,n were on du':y in· that area. They were Ageit Mwaipopo PW1, Gaspar Lukangani PW3, !-i.l:i:hc:::...:;a :•Iakon.goro PW4, B\sile Mwankuga PW6 and Malema Mwa.katoge PW?. Tl12n seven a:-:
1ed b3.ndit.s· invaded the market area. They fired several shots in the air. The second appellant, who was kn,wn to 'PW3; PW4 and PW6, was seen and -Tunduma police station and in no time PC Yasin Pd11 • ameng other policemen• M-rived at the scene anned. They fired in the air,'-ari.d the .oo.ndits ·including the second appellant abandoned the items piled outside the shop and fled. The police untied the watchmen and upon entering the shop they· found. the first a}'pellant · i.'n.si'de. , Th-~ first appellant was dressed in new clothes from the s1'op while, hi~ oid~ -clothes· wei-e .on -the : floor• PW 1'l sent ~~U3 to mmunon Pv.110 who a:rrived thecsgnized by. the three witnesses to be runong the b3.ndits who held a gun. rnderthe post; PW7 w._e tied to a separate Jst. While ".:ha s'3cond appc:!..lant kept guaiidi the threat of the gun, the second appellant took them .ne after the ot:1.:;r to an electrict light post hear the ghop ff PW10, tied the:u-· hands togethc, and then tied them tver them by the gun, the othel" bandits- br0:-rn ':;,e rear door of flW1•s- shop; erttered the shop, and started toernove an &ssortment of ;\ items from it. A reprt was sent tr... in no time. · PW10 scamed around tha.hop and diseoved the follbwing artielesfni.seing- three So~ Radio cassettes, four ) . ~ . .,, :parasonic radio cassettes•, ':t'ifty jeans trousers, and shs;·15, 700, 001_/,,. ?W11 ·claimed that PW10 told him at the scene that shs.,30 9 000,000/= was st,_1en but later changed the figure to:hs.15,700,000/= at the ·police stationo They took the first appe.. lant 3.rtd. ifue" items piled f,Utside th& shop to the police station.- The i tetns included two parascnic radio cassettes·, ('ine Sonny television set, one \ ·::ia.rasonic video de-ck, one phillips video deck, two Lasonic radio cassettes, jean .. :::,?users of different ·types, one jacket, one trouser and two bedsheets. These items ·were returned to P\v1'0 ~ii- -2·1. 7 6 97 by 1ri1 '~rder of the trial court. The first •o•o••oooe/ 3 "
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wife, Kis:;.1. · d/o Mwalyom/
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//-6hief that PW10 told him shs.25,000,000/=
_ ,tress-examination PW5 ,changed and said that
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PW10 had menti-... . 9'1 1/= and th2,t it was this amount that he reflected
in the charge sheet.,. 1,(). A he had not hanked the money as l'ie was planning to
travel to Dar.-es-Salaam. · . ,1 29.1.97 PW5 arrested tha seeond appellant at Chacha.cha
.. :guEit }:louse at Nakonde ~ -~~o_ia•. _ He was found 11.\l.th two ,;.ea.. tl"OUSero 4 o.,e ~ ..
.,.t~ouser, one jeans jaeket and one shirt, whieh PW10 idel~ified as pa.rt af his stolen
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.property on 3001.97. ,,- r;t'hese items-were claimed by the second appellai,.t to. belong
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to him and.pJ10dueed reipts (Ext DA).
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On 2.,.~ Aasistant In15peetos- Ephraim P1r19 prepared an -J• -'"-~ p. syioence, .j.ndientifi•atic,ri parade
f·:,r purposes of identifying the second appellant. It comprise• ·•f ten persons
including a: mechani. M:i,eha.el Ndunguru PVSB;' 'The seo1;td appellant ."8.S at aU<tion again..t any
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interference, each w1tneo,e. waa placeo -unt'Jex- t~ •hare ninth
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j:iosition., PW')' deeerieeo ·jn detail ho"' ·be. ar,a.. and c.o..ti..t,._. the- i,a,r-ade,. The
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· i:lentifying wit'deses wef'e P1rt3, l?v>4, PW6 an• PW?. A_s. a pre bf a -po.Leman in a rrom
at 'l\mduma police
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tat;ion where .th~ ·Jl8:.r~iJ.e: was taged.. Nene .-f the witnessef
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saw, or was sht'1!) -to, the . ,pic:ked out tlta c.e,c9- _appellant l:lefore .the pP,radee Such an ·allegation
was not raised. PW3, .P.W an• PWllaais .-om ·t de
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.}::i3 'placing their hand• pa.l'Qde
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register PF -~~~'_.whn hw shouldel'i PW? did. the same thing, He eaid he
placed.his.hand-'n the pers at the ninth posHi:M• Th.e. t.iftited that PW? picketi out
·. the. se.con,{ a'ppe;l.;lallt, fr.om th~~oo.'l! • ..i: PW? e ?-1'g that it
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'-:as O:ot th~ second ap!)ellant~ . 8:~~emil. at. sht t<l the extent that it ·was undisputed that the
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second appellant was placed at te ninth p~~itin, th person on whose shoulder
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PW7 agree.d to have 1)18.l!ed his hand., that pe:r-son must indeed have been the second.
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memory had tricked hfo Ltkewise, PW8 could not remmber 'the '.wftriai.:.sees pj..cking
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out any person from the parade. This ·could,_ in the circumstae9, have been on
account of short or fa_ul ty memory.
Both appellants denied comp:_icity in the crime in their .:-worrt defence at
the trial. The first appellant claimed he was at the materi·· l 1e of the crime
walking back home from N~rarnwanga pombe shopo He met what he -::·. · ·1: it to be sungu-
sungu who beat hi.-n and took him to the police station 0 He :1.n:.: to have gone to
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'•. -• •-• T'ne second appellant; however, raised the defence of ali~-• - He claimed to ,, . I • have been in Lusaka Zambia. He claimed he was a busines~ dealing in buying ~ selling agricu.l ttlrai cr
p• ·on 5. 1 o 97 ho 1 eft''• f ,r :Lusaka Zambia' for money in . respect of ric8 h~ had sold thereo He travelled by Nl-ATICO BUS SERVICE bus and produced the ticket. His wife DW4 said the same thing. H~ rturnd on 13.1.970 On '14. 1:97 he left Ifakonde Zambia fol' Dar. os Salaam and prop.ucd tickets issued -. ' .. . . ~ by th8 same bus service. His.wife DW4 was not awi;lra <,f both his return and this trip t• Dar.es-sa\aam. F'-1-iende <>f -the second appelia.w.t n<>tified her. On 1801.97 \ l"'J -~ . • - • • • he/eturned fi-om Dar:,;.es-SaTa.-ain.;and..,n4 denied that:the hous~ •ft~~9.1.98 he W9-S•_ar:1J~~te-.at Nakottde ~~ Decond_appellanwa~ visited by the pMice i:lnd . .Ji ·.. ' . other persons' d:in·g• the night . .,f .. 1.4. 1 .• 97. - , • .. , ·· · * ['h.~ v,ial court convicted· th.a {irst c;'ppellant. o~ ac.,on the grounds ·· . ·, he was properly • .. • -~ 4 ••••un"'" 0£ that he was ., .... .,........ . . . .. ~ ... found. and arrested at the ~~ng o'r. -crime ·11,earing 5ome ·"r th.;, . ··•-n new clthes. . . ;i· . #• • ,. - • :• • •• • ' ,, .. '),s for:,.:t.q,e second;appellant: he was convicted:. • • ! • . . . : • identif.ied at. the scene of. crime and that he was picked' out o:·· a prope-rlY':-s.- t~ tl."tel'.'•• -.I, i· , money wa,s .left by PW10 in the shc:llf· which could. lffl.'19, beert stcrleno 'I\ro reasons . '! - ... . • •. were given:: ~g&d .. . •·" .· . "- . . , .. · ,; . and con(lucted identification parad~~• The trial court, hjweve'.il, fmd that no •· 't · ...... ,, · .. --.tiz, ;haevidmount. stoi._ea.crime' -that it wa6 sh1.030,000,000/=, ., -· then he mentioned ahs.25"- contradictory 'in that ,PW10 told PW'\1 dring the· night t>f th000.000/= .. ··to PW5 the following day, and then shs. ,I .' • . ... . 15,700,000/= in court/ And the (¥large sheet, acc8rding to the trial court, . • I •• .' ;Q--. . reatl shs.firat appellanit was not fcond with ~ a.J\Y' money at the scene of crime, s~··n~ lll$riey had been le:f't at the shop. 000000/ 5:5,000•000/=•. Seconc.il• ,tMt th -
·J - Mr. Mwakolo subrriitted that the evidence on record a.id not support, tha't findi.Q,g. &>th learned CounseJ e~;,cede .. tha~ aom~ :nor.iey must haye been ·left .a:t the shop. • • • < • • : j° '• • '. • • ' •.) • I ♦.. '" • • I ,It,. •, . ' ' But according to Mr. Mwakolo~· w~.a.t
l'a.e-:)zi'-:.::,t. ·95·......lislled was the a.D'bual amoont of 0 I • . -.. • •, ••. • ) ... .., ,iClo 'I!'•• o ~ :• f:.(': ,': : • ' • • •'O c .. • 0 ~ • money pi:J10 had left in the s:Oop. Hr •. '.'.-..,:::>:, ..;0;.1t'.)nti::,n, ~ ... ,rey-er• <Wa.S· that money stolen was as in--:ica t :d in th0 c:--~ appellant. I would,.are:.1•:!· ·: c.. •• J. o:-der its r0turn to PW10. , Four_, b::· and larga, --een.tred on the identification of the second appeJ.lant at the scene of crime.- and on the ,.,.·. .. . ,t identification parade, I would, firstly. dis?OSP of tne appeal t:J? tarounds ,otappeal w~~~ prefe:;:-r::i., 3.r,,... +i,ih respec.t, agree wit:t :,Yo (,01 ~ed COvru;el ~~t ithe f.irst appellt was praperl:,r C9!1Vete.. and .setenc.ed. l'Tfl_1e fate. ~ ;videagpiJ!st him were rock-soliti. He waa f oon~ and al:'E>::-:t.!3-i, indidp • • - ! : .. ,4,' • ·; • .. • • , • •• • "' . • ., • ~ • • •• '. t. lli!'oka&,.shopo He had .• . .. t· ; ~ . lo, • • • • • i .. • . • . :;. . .. .- . ' • ,.. i- •• discarded his old elothes and dressed himself ::.U-ne,w,.,.:mes.t.,j.en.-fram tsh.. • . • • -- His defenee was tota+l<?O".inci.T;lgd ·a? ou·sen.ten_cefif/::t:·.lie,., . .--- d,efence WflS rightly rejeeted by the trial cou;-t •. Th.1anded down ws .t~ .y_ery •' •.• • , . l• ~ ,. ,'9 • minimum preserib_e5i b:y law. His appeal must, therefore, be d!smissed in its entirety. I pass on to consider the. seCQq.Q.ppellant o The evidencQ agajnoi! him was . . ., . entirely of identification, and such evidence must, ilaw, be absolutely .... • • • • 'I' ' ., • _watel'tight to jutify a0)"'{_iyt.io.S'.li1F.];!)-Wend;o lYl£ ~ns,.t}1er v_,R. :1-..:'9- ............ -, ..... -- ,_ . .... ' . . ( 1953) 20 E 1 A.,C.,A. 166_; -R•"-' ._,SeC> (".J:9:oAo. "174; anWa,.ziri :Ai .. v.R,. ..... ~ .. ;. ,..: J..,,J,., •• • • ,. .•... . .... . • . ,4>1 .. .. ' Ii· • • . .. . . • f . . . ( 1980) TLR50o The rational_e fol'.' t.hia.., •. aa. ,}J0:.-~~ 0 d O';lt by t:J}o-_':;.-11 r:J.].!1)-ti • • .. • •• • •• :. • .. • • • ': •• ♦• :.'-"":-" --·---·• -# ... • .. • • • - 1 ef Tanzania" Waziri:s ?aae.t.u."h ~ 1 1:lrl-::i~~--• 0 < ·•~ H "'- ,.,,......., 4' •· •• t ' 0 •' , . . ('.~~ On t1-,e o-r,.1,,il;,,n..i-e, and -in-the care_u,mstc:.:-:.--:e_5.·N-" i._o'._r:iag_e. of,, /ust,~~t to error .and has often led .to ~ misc-· I .an s:J.tisfiedas was the ... i•.. ..... ,. ti.al. court, tha-t; ·:&here -- :if "s we.tertighevidence of. th.e .. seco•d appellant's id.entity 0 First, at the scene--ef erimeo Th9 !:estimony< of .PW3, PW4, PW6 and PW7 gives rise to no doubt.-about· the identit'second appellant. There .••••• 0 •••• • / t:> •·· • • t
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appella.I?'t .,,,as neither m9.s.½ed no::."' ca.mouflagedo The witnesses, in particular PW3,
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one ano_thr and then to •an electric light post which made that spot even. brightero
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The second appellant:_was in· the~•lead or forefront with his gun in dealing directly
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with these w1tne.sses. -He .had. taken them to the: el.ectricity post under the thr.at
of the gun. The t:ied;_up witnesses ·,vere kept ·KL.::1er his guard. So the witnesses
ha.d a.11.rea.s&n to have focused t:.eir e•es n-.:. c;;. ttention t t:he secsnd,,allallt.
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PW11 si:tid he found the. faces···of ·tb.e .tied-up witnesses ·c0111ered. But this waif
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PW11 himself was nlt certain about what he said. First
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Thin $- c~~~ll. e scanned around for any po3sibilit~-of errt'U' t,l!I mistaken identity,
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Secsnd, the witnesses pickeu out the second aWQllan• f~ an uientification
parade ar:ra.ngeel by PW9. For an i2.::.1tifi.;::..Li,:-:'l parade to be of ·any value at all in
identifying the perpetrator of a crime under investiga,tion,. it is necessa.ry that
the evidence gives a detailed d9scription ·of the methe<l followed -in.~ tl:M>
})9.rae.e. the pa!'ticipante, tpe ·na·· se:id th faces
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I am satiefi,_ that this allegation by PW11 was rightly rejected by th9 trial court.
I hav• with caes r" t-fic.w/-fic,Q .. aoadu~~~ paraoe,
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and the nam06 et th& i:oantifying w,1.-trHu;;r.ee• The tions at them here.
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Suffice it to MY _that the v>hole .object of ccmfo!'llliog er he,ld.ing identi-
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REX VS MWANGO s/o NANAA. ,1936) 3 EAo·c:A. ·29. I need not •reiY -J. on
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ident1fieatisn l'cU'ades is to eliminate an:, chance •f err-.:r-. I:t is, in short, a
precaution against error.
I have subject.ad the evidence of PW.9 to cl"l6e and ~reful scrutinyo I have
perused the Identification Parade egister PF 186. That evidence cntains al:
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the eissential and the neces:sary details. Any attempt to fault that evidence was
btund ts be rejected by the trial courto I am s
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t.o,,,..t: ....,..1de-1">oe rol:;iti~ to how t0 id,m-:ification pe.rade waa arrc._1gd and <:onducted
by PW9 was satisfactoryo
There _s the seco:1c·appellard;ts defenca of al.ibi. As a .-:ia".:,·;:r of law,
an acused person ,_i::, noi. required ·t::i :r;rove his alibi. It is suf:.cient for him
if the alibi riaises a reasonao::;__e doubt 9.S to .. hie compli9ity in tn.e crime- SEE
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Ali Salehe Msutu VoR. (CAT) _ ( 1980) ToLoR. 1. There a.re, ho..vever• some matters
obtaining in that deeca which renders it questionable. For one thing, if the
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second appellant'I as he clai'Tied, returned from Zambia en 13.1.97, what woula
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14.1.,7 for the rde of the NYATICO bus at Nakonde for Dar-es-SalaamJ For
an,ther, if Jhe second appellant; again as he claimed, returned from Dare•-Sala.run
o:q 28p97• hw come that he was arrested t:he follo14ing da;! (29.1.97) at Nakonde
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Zambia? Then there was the evidence £ his wife DW4o Despite her denial,_ it was
established u.i, evidence that during the night of 14. 1. 97, which was the night of
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the i..,cident, 'PW11 and PW10, among other persons, went to their home in search
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of the second appellant and she told them that the seeonc. appelle.nt had gone to
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Msiha village. This was indicative of that the secend appellant was not in
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Zambia a th material time of the crime as he claimed. In all the circumstances
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of this case, I am satisfied that the defence of alibi was J;)I'<>perly rejted ey
the trial curt.
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I shall, finally, consider the Cross-Appeale I would, with respect, agree
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ith both learned Counsel ttat the evidence on record cid not supoort the finaing
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t_ha no money had .been lft in the broken shop by PW10o P1.v10 was ~ reputed
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at his shop spoke fo_r itselL He had gbJen - good and uJ1controverted reason for
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his r.etention of the :noney :-..t the 9 hopo The reasons givea by th- trial"'co.urt in
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support of that finc1inz wer.} c:early insufficient and deplorably lacked in
:· .substance and sense. It was obvioua that -the learned trial mag-istrate was not
_properly seized o~-~he evidence before him.
First, PW10 could not have mentioned shs.30.000..000/;;:: to PW-S1 and shs.
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that sum ruid that it was shs.15,700;000/= that he mentioned. Third, it was again
not true, ae said by the trial court, .. that the could -riot hk·J:·been .any .conceivable eason, le.t alone a.'
good· one; for 'him·
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In cross-examination PW5 said in no uncertain terms that PW10 did not mo have--dorie so., . PW11: himself. ·said he was at a loss as to wfiY·
PW10;-wou1d·.have dqne·:.-so. Even then, the trend would have been <downrds al'id not,.
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upwards whiqh wculd'ha·:e ruled out,any ulterior or improper metive on the part of
PW10. So ·the der..ial by .P-/10-that ·he m,mti6n;)d shs.39,000,000/= to PW11 at the
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scene of crice ought. to have bee:1 accGpt<'d )Y the ·trial courtr In ·the circumstanCe6,,
he ought to have.been-believed·when he told the trial court that·the report he.made
to"the pttlice at·the sce:18.of,crima a,g
dayci. at the police station U1e night ef PW5 the follhe.; .. ,t>
il'l.cident was that.his shs.,15,700;000/= hd ijeen tole
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Second •. it wees qot ,t:r;ue;
as•said by the trial court, that PW10 mentioned shs.25,000,obd/= tbarge sheet ~~r,ied the, figure of
shs.15,000,000/=, Quite obviou& to the eye; ·the ebarge sheet indits t Gi.ull
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of shso15,?00,00CV=, It was.this amount of money whih W10.had throughout
mentioned and maintaineo a- his stolen money .right .rom the night of the theft
t.:, the trial of the case 0 And so, the evidence ef PW10 a.s to the amount of money
stolen ws,. 13-s explained, throughout consis.tent, and n&t, as, said by the trial
court; conti!'.'adictory. And-;fourth, it was certainly a _faulty and misguided 'l'O~-c.Oti.Y .. :·
on the par.t foupd and
arrested ,in the broken shop, There.were the othe~ culprit~ who had eseaped, They
had all entered the shop and ransacked it. The inside of the sh~ f the trial court to have- said that n money had been left in the shop
on account Cllf· that the first appella+i.'c· c,.,qs ?¥>t ro.und.•_\ofith any money wherding_io
PW5, was in complete disordero They must have made a'$.y with the money, In the
circums·tartces .af,·tis case-, ·the faet tba·t the fir et appellant was not found with
any mi,ney did not det:::-act from their. joi,rit criminal responsibility for the stplen
money 1:rl ,term
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of· section 23 of •the Penal -Coq.e 0 • They bad all set out with a common
intentiori to prosecute a speciic unlaful purp03e qf stealing from the shop of
PW10o
With respect to 'Mr. 2'-iwakolo, T agree with Mr. M'-llokozi that the Cross-Appeal
must, for reasons given, ~~cceed.,· The finding that. -no mon.ey had beeen left in L-::
o " o o o •• ~ o ./ S·
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l~• .. i.c- ...._._o &h011p rnv.et °!::'c c.r-ta~~ri., .:-.Lid:). .:inc_ing t -C.'.3.Sh shs.;.15700,000/= was
stoleri from i_lie shop· is to_ ,:,o · eutituted for it,. .. And ari <>l"<lGr for its
com:pensation to P'.·110 :nust be made.
In the final annlysi.s, thGrefore, the appeal by both appellants is
d:ismL.~ in it.s entir-:ty. Thf: C.ro:::3-A:9pe::.l, howe-ii:el', ia allowed. The trial
-eoui-t' a ffudin; th.it :1.~ ::-.o:ney a 13ft in the shc-p. is
made.
AT MBE:YA 0
19 June 19980
For Appellants: Mr. Mwakolo, advouash.ed, and a finding
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that eash shs.1.5,700,00QI= was stolen :::rom the shop is m.de•· An order for
the appellants to pa.r a compens::-.i:ion of shs.15, 700,00(¥c to PW-10 is hereby
-ate.
Fer Republi: Mrs. Makuru, SSAo
Bo-Po MOSHI
JUDGE.