Levokatus s/o Kayumba vs Republic (HC Criminal Appeal No. 39 of 1989) [1991] TZHC 2666 (13 August 1991)

.... ... ... IN THE HIGH O)URT OF T.'..NiJlllIA . AT MBEYA • J.PPELL;~TE JURISDICT.tO1'!. HIGH eQURT ORIMINJ.L APPEi.t, NO• ,9 0f..191' ( Original Criminal: e No• 301 /81 or 3tm1>awanga ·· Distrie Court. S'Umbawnnga) . · · · · rna. Es~ .§.e!l)o.~~~a1de:(l.t. }v~..s_t.:ca · L1IVOIC:tS s/o KAYtn1BA 1 . • ' • ·• ,,..fl •••••• '11IE REPUBLIC,••• • • • t • • • 1 • • • ♦ REOND:iclT M3H0TE PRM, (E.J) L a I W ■ I .. • The appllatit:ana anothe~ WeJ~·Q?nvit\ed by the 41ett~;i· QOurl of &woa.wanga. (t1ate~ SRM) Qt an orteace ot 'steaUiig f/,j 265 ·?~ th~ ?anal O::lde and were eMh sentenced to :,even ·a:t"s i9iso·nment 1 Aggrie?fld by t1e i n. 1,4 ~ a1 net .,2»th -,0011 d ~~ntencee . It was co d at the½,rial that the ap»ellati was~ village Se•retary and that n 9th.Octo'b:- i~~ was gLven a. t9tal of ehs.2JJ,7il)/;JI>· . . 'o)'" RUREOO so thai. hQ CQV.ld bU1 oropa from ta.:rmers, . 'lbere was evidence that ihe appall.mt ws the ou$todian of tha n ker to tho sa.te•without whieh the saf ~ could not be opened,. ·Tha 2nd key was in th hds of one Miohael Knpungwa, original 2nd aacuaed-a.nd the keye to the !?mer eh;ll'tlber of the sate weie in the h'.lildS of one LeQpard Msengei, original 3rd accused.· According to the e·videnee on reeord the original third ace.used kept shs, 73, 769/20 in the inner ehai.1ber loek.:d and kept ·the ·keys in the main ehambc of. the safe.1e a.ppellont and tha original 2nd accused kept. shs.'400,000/.-.. They jointly lo8kd ,the sa'.fo eaeh using his. keys tmd left• 'lllere· _is _evidence that the safe was kept in the house of one O:meta.ntino Itumbe (PW?) •. '!'he following r.iorning it·wa.s discovered that the sum of sh.00 1 000/c was missing front the.· tic.in eha.mber of th8 -saf"u · but sh, 1,,,69/0 -kept in the innar eha.t1ber of the Safi¾ by the original third ·aces.;;d was intact. •''There was no breaking of the house of PW7 and the safe wae found=· int:?.ot. · There was evidance tht the keys never charged hands.

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