Jailos Chilusu and Another vs Republic (Criminal Appeal No. 46 of 1990) [1991] TZHC 2413 (22 August 1991)

IN THE HIGH COtmT OF T!'.l!ZilUA J.T DODOMA .. CRIMINAL APPEAL N0..46 OF -:1990 . . . . . . ' . FROM TI·IE 1 n::CISIOl OF THE DISTTI.ICT_, COURT Of HPWJJ)HA '. . .. AT l'1PWAPWA Il~ CRIHIHi:.L ,CA:3E N0.38 OF 1,989, 1 • JAILOS CIIILUSU) · . . . __ 2 ~ CH.iJl.LES SUGAJEI. • i •• • • i, • • • • ••• • • •• • ~ .11.PPELLANTS ) . JUDGMENT . :: , ,:_ :; . The two . appellant_s_ LJ1tILOS C-tlILUSU and c:crLRLE~ .,SUGATE J were· convictecl by._.this Distict Court of Mpwc.pwa of the of:fnce of cattlle theft-c/ss 265.and- 268 of the Pelll Code: There was anothera?PUSGG. ;.::erson, who was jointly charged with· the two n.ppell2nts:.,.: This nccused, p0rson /.JID~'ilil 1/fLALUSi/ e.s acquitted at the end of the tria1 .. i!\i the D_isti:ict Court for lack 01 evidence. ·"'":'1,. ' ' The District'Court iD:f)OSCd ·a, sqntBne of fiV-3 yec:rs of ioprisonnent against each ap:pellcnt. and o:r;.dered the two to pe.y jointiy the sur11 of..· shillings three thousMd in com:)enf:!ation. for the had of cattle . . ' : · . • /•.J:0t was_ ot recovered. Twelve of the sto_lE?.Il.:ihi:r:.te8 hc2,d of cattle wel'.'e recovered. but one of those aninals was never. ;recovered_,. .,,·•·I. · The appellants ha.ve o.ppea.lec;l before this court against their . . . . I._. : convictions and sentences.. 1'her have therefore·· su.br:li tt'-ed ·each. his own pet_i tioq of appeal.. Essentally, what is ra.id iri cora.t.lon ;n the .. ~ . two petions of 6.p:i:ieal is that the prosecution evidence WM .£9ncoct~ tnd therefore not worth of belief. "· ... The r<;ie.ut{o:n evidence on record could in no way be .t:l&od c.s concocted. It is tl:lc\1-t · evidence which is COJG,Pt, consist<mt nnd well- . . . corroborated. The couplainant's thirteen hGcd of cattle were stolen during the night of the 12th_ of July, 1989. ·The followin_; norninc, the aninals were not founc1 in their krc.,a.l_. They hn.d becm stolen,. T\•io do.ys afte·r, on the 14th of July, 1989, sane vi 0 ilent ucribers of 11 suniusung)i 0 got inforIJ.a.tion that sO1Je ca.ttl0 W8re hidden in ., "'J the bush. Th:ey undert.o.bw to search for those animc,ls ~ . ~~y discovered . . : ':·. .. : ' :, ... sane· twelve hen.cl of cattle hiclclen in the bush, while beside·· those ani1.:i::Jp· thc,re ,-,ere three persons. . ... /2

2 The two ap:i;iellants Md u.nother person. - The appellrnts were fast asleep at the sc1:me. The vigilc.nt ;'Sunsusungu•• ner.1bers }Jw.2, PW,3 9 · PW.{J' • surrounded. he three people 11t the s_ccme, C'nd nonn.ged to arr.est the two appellants as they tried to run o.way. The third·person was not apprehended. I ft. o ·Thci -c0m:plc3:in.:mt ffw,.f] clearly identified his stolen cattle. ~ r , i • _ , • • • There was no cc,unter-cln.im of trfoi dvmenshi of. those ruiina.ls by the ~ , . ,- : !, , , " . : l :... . . appellants• What the appellruit·s are: sayi:n.g' ·1n their. peti. tions of appeal is that the evic1ence of PW.2, PW.3 r.nd Pl.:l.4 should not be believed as it is concocted. j The said pr osoeutfon witneses apprehended these appellants in the bush in hidirt 6 with the twelve heo.cl' of· catle ·stolen t~~ days befre fron t_he kraal. of-·the _ conplainM ~ • There could be_ no mor~ conclusive oy4ence neuded by th€ court to cqnvict the appellru1ts for stealing those . . . nnir.12..ls thrui thci-£ ~ :. The grounds of c..ppeal in the apJ?,e llantl:? 1 ·petitions of n:ppo.l are · devoid of nerit d c0uld-'not aid the appell2, n:ts. The appeHGhts :/· -: .. · vfore properly .. convictd 6nd the sentences iopsed are· .those within the ·::, . provisions of° th law. Under- the -new secti~~- 260 of the I'enal .. Qod? \ . . . £see the Ecpnor:.uc nnd OrganizGcl Grine Cont;ol(il.I:lendr.1ent) Act 1 _19f3:i] '.the puhishnnt for cattle.theft now_ is up tb fifteenye2-:rs of .irlp;ispno.ent .. · :.: .· . The·· appellants should consider thor.-;selves lucky for· havin3 be.:m sentenced to\oμ,y·five yen.rs of inpisonr'.1&nt, taking into account the fact that · ...... they .-!ere '£9und to have stolen 'thirteen. nead of cattle.· ~ ·,' • •• 4?, . · ,: :.-:-. In ,the result, the ap}Jen.l for e;ch appellant is. disDissed • • ·•. I its entirety. The joint order for conpensation r0bains undisturbed. . . . .· n efn C .. ~ (A ~ -(RJ .L. -Rill1'.3IIC11.) JUDGE • ,. . DODOJ.'ll1i 22/8/91 Delivered - in char:lhers this 22nd day of Aut,-u.st 9 1991,. and in the j_.)J;Gsence of·Illr,·Nuunsuru, Sto.te Attorney, c:.nd in the absence of the. ;p llants. . . . n J-Aktc:. DODOI'f1A 22/8791 < I I A <.'. . (n;;rr;~--rrur- rIBIKA) JUDGE