Haji Mohamed vs Republic (HC PC Criminal Appeal No 7 of 1989) [1990] TZHC 489 (5 December 1990)

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• .. ,;_ .. .... , : · . APP.ELL/\TE. JURISDICTICN . H;J:oH c-oT .-(P.c), :CnuNJ\L. APPEAL No 1 ·oF - 12e2 · • • . < . . . •. . • : . . • . .. .. •. , -. ; • (0r.iginal Criminal Appeal .. Noo 104 6-f 1988 of the · ·· Dist'.rict Court. of Mosfii' :district at Mosh1 :;_ .. BEFOTlE·:-·E~- S: •. M,\FURUi Esqo,• District Magietr,te) . HAJI MCH1\MED Tij]j:REPUBLIC • ~ ••••••.• ·•. - ':'-- ... .!: • .-"-\ .••• · •••••• o .AP.;pELLANT ,, -t .,(Or_i,gin_a Appellant)· .. . ' .. ·.. . - .. - . . . ; . . ... . y_e:r,s us.- '. ' ~ . • • • •:• .. : • • o •.[' •• ••.••.•• o ••• . • ! • •. RESPONDE?-J"T ' . .. . -· (Original' ltespondnt} . ,' • • • • .. •• • • ,'), ~ ... ;:. . : I., ;,.- ✓•, • .-:·.: f •• . . ·· ... JUDGME.NT. ·:.... . ... , ,• ,f :· ... .. : ,.):Th"e . af)pe.l;L-a?}'-: {lflt :f'.,-oi:id gll.iJ.Y and ·convicted b_y· the Urban . . . -• --- . : .. -~ :i,:i,.. :• -·"' :· .)··-· .,,·., ... .: ·. -;Pr_ima-ii.y;.,;c.o.urt. 01:° M.cs_l].;i., r{f ~ ,the .. ?fff},n.Ce .sf alicou~· ;dama_ge t 0 •.. ::.. ·: . .pl"OI'.)erty, o ontrary t-o. s.eq,t.i a 326 (1,) of~ th~ Pe_nal C;de.• . He was . . . .. . . , . ': . ~ ::.. - . t- •' . ... . _ •• •· ... . """""..,:..~ • :,.J. l-,.. 1.. 'l . .t . • ... ·.,: :. · . ;-$.$'•ntie:ed ·-: 9: a<-f inf:'.; o:f shl;Ll.ings. 1000/.,, . or three months ·imprisonment . : : ~-n·: def:aul t.· --H. w,~- -1s,o l}!~e·rq: ~'9 ~-ay -.~billings 5, 000/ ... as . . .- • - ... • -· ,.,,.>J.' ., .: . .!/; .• · ., c ompens-t ion: for destroyed ... pao.q?-:· He appealed __ W-~ -ot _ 1 8 <;9PSS .• tq_ the Distrio_i Cqt.μ.'t._ of oshiand .n_o.h-s_.Psqt/-_tr. t~~-s court. •• •• r T,hE-,cqn.i.c_tio.,n ,P,U:P.P..on$ .i;::·-.foll(:W fr9m a p],ea of .guity by .. ·.: :·· .. the, -PPll~·t bt .t4; ,appellantf1.?S ben mla11ing t};~t-, f·he plea " ' ' . . . . . .. . . . . . . ·. · ...... of.·-guilty was. not .unequivocal. Since the material Q"lrt o-r- the •' f:: ' : -· • . . .. •. iJ. • • . ,.. : • . : t : : • •• • 1 ·•1.1 ••. 1:Pr.-di-ti.3"S j.n the.--Primary Court is not 1€n.gthy, I propose to •, .: - -. • • • • • •, • • • \ • • • • • I • • • " , ,'.,re'pr.oduoe it heI:"e• -:k(tr,the.charge 1,ias read over ..o.he apnellant' . . - . . , . r . . ' . .. . - :· ~ .i ~ ; : ., ;he.,rEi'P~Jed 7-': - 1 . .. : -.i,·:•·i'.·•··.·L=''·,. ,. · . "i kweli mifugq .. yangu ili.lfl~. mimea m_pl?-nga ·"'. · .;~ .• ,.,·(' ,·. kepyeshambc'l.,la .. ml+amikaji". .. ,. • .,. • : :.. • • ' • • • • . .. • . . ": •. , .. ••••. !.. :· •• ·,-:The.,cou:Pt;oo,k;th,at:as a .pa .. 9f guil1;y:!;c;i.th~.,charge .. ··The ~ .. ! . • . ' • . • . • . . - . . ' - .. '-.., .. ' . ' ! . . . ·. ·J • • .: • ' .. :. - • . • • •••. :·f olo,r,Jig .fao:l::• we:i;-e. then- g4-ye•l'l:. Y t_he .9- !!IP,Jnftin. : 7 ; ·. 1 _. '!fil}!!JQ __ tl:\r.-h:: 30/5/88 muda ~a --a t}a. -;:-L909 · .. • • I. .. ; . ' · mchana nilizikuta ng' ombe, mbuzi ria kond·oo· zikiwa . kwenye· s.haml:ia·' langu la rripunga lenye eneo:fl·a ntls11 . ika a:in.bal.o lingetoa magunia matat.u (3}·.,·. · · ~ila·, · . gun:ia; n'i'-hili"r1gi•·2, ooo/ =.kw-a: maguhia. ha·y.o : .. · matatu. ni. Shs.,6, ooo/•o .. . . ·, .. ,. •. - N:±1.ikamata kondoo mmoja jike, mwPui-lsr·· mwE>nye macloadoa meupe na mwPusi· na mk:i;a. umkatw-a na·bata_masikio yamPkatwa~ . . ,; .... . ·. ·-·· -~- . .... j

2 Kisha niliarnu~~ mtoto wa jirani paie mtoto wa Joseph ciz:i.ohdoe zile· ng-'ombe na mbuzi humo shamba. Pia kabla ya kuondoa hizo mifugo niliita balozi wanne na wazee ~~ palP wakafika · kushuhudia. Ali-kuwemo pia balozi. wa mshitakiwa. Balozi aliwaita (sic) mshitakiwa naye alikataa .akidai kuwa ameibiwa mbuzi .wanne. nikaamua. kumshitaki sina .maelezo zaidi "• NcHpo ; '!'() those fa-ots·· the: ,pp_llant. :t;'E>:p],ie_d - "Ni sawa kama .<iliVye-sema mlalamikaji°"'. · WherE''Up.op. :ii/··-~~-t. '.i(onvioted the apeliant allegedly -on .. his.- own pii-i :6'gt;'ilt;·~~.:--. ·.;'- > '·. • .... :•.·:r~..__.::..,;.·- ... :, .,,,. .. .;. .... :-: · .•.• :·_;···; ·.· . · •· t .. - Ff,.o,n :tb,e .fa,qts as __ recorded·:·by· th'e' p?'e·s-iiiifige·.meg-ist"&te- t.h.e?'e S.-8 little doubt· ht·· .appe_l.lant_ 1 s .. ciattle, goats ad s~~:ep ·w:.~~ found ... -. •• .. J grazing in the paddy field. ·of --the complainant •. W,lt~~~hef. paddy wort_h ' • ,t ,,. .a.b.illings 6, 000/•. was· o·tually a·estroyed · was. nt?t however proved. :But did thoee fat~ show. i thout doubt that tht- appellau.t. _wi.lf.uJ.l.y .and, .unl.ai.i:f'u.ll,y oa.us9 damag~ ·to -plainant "$: peiddy? The faot,s - d- not'\iioiosV that it' was th-ttppei°lani/ ru:> drQ\le . ' __ ..,.._. -•- ... - ..... ; . . .- ·.. _··.. ..- . ' . . . ·. ·:!-,' . t-he. animals to c omplafnant "i:i'- paddy fie'l:d·.· .. ,Nor ·waS'•-=-tAAr-e· ·any evidnoe t.hat. s-ome: one···else, under te 'instructions of 'the ap·pellant, did . , .. . . .so~ Indee1 there is no oiu'e .in what ciroumstsnoes appellant's , . · ... cattle·· got into o onplainant·' i- padriy t'i•ld., .They m·ay have ·stra4 . .. ~ .... . . . :. into it (?r_ th(? hav€' bE>·en taken; th~re deliberately '!1'i' ~,. i ~ appQtl,mt• but no·· onf> can tel.l frcm=· tne:·--:rao-tm. So, . ,.- . , · while thE> app~-1-lant is r1;>cor·c1~-1 as h;ving .. t1mittY'- hA--+: hi$ .orlU ' ~ I grazed o.h the raddy, that was .. not admission of guilt. :To amt'.'unt to . all uquivcxYal ,-la hf guilty-· the aprellant w·6uld hiwe to·: adrdt the essen·t ial - i:nredints of'. the: offince, tht is to _s~;,. ·that . he ~il-full:y.. and ~nla,~fully _d&s\royed .or. ca11sE>d the destr.~ct i ('n

• . ,. . " . 9f. the pddy .· But that: was" not the ca'ae and, thet'ef (\l":E;' 'the olea w_as ot onEfo:f guilty and, · even the.n, · -ould nt ·be: ue'quivocai~ ollowing -from l-Jhat· I hav: b£-en s·aying in this judgment, the . . .. ·- . c cnvi_cti en cannot stand. ·1t·· 'is ·quashed and the· se'ntence and _9ompnsation orders set aside'. ·. I mad_e· the- nece::i'sary ·or·der immediately on hearing.the appeal.' For the avoidance of doubt the :-complainant is free., subje-et to the l;w -f -limitaton, to br'rig a _6_ivJ·1 'cla;im, a~:ains't the appeilant . . '[ . for any 1·0s s hE>· may have -· .. '• . . . gt-'azing o_ri .t_he padqy,. At. Arush~: ·. · 5/i2/t990~ ·. I suff~~ed a~ ~ ·result of appeliant 's cattle ·;··. ~~ ' ,. . ( J • - A • .Mr os b} · JUDGE '·. - Mrf=i·. · L'yimo·,·''~tat·e· littorrtey ... present.