Aloyce Patrick Samia vs Republic (High-Court. Criminal App. No 180 of 1990) [1990] TZHC 317 (19 November 1990)

l I .. IN THE HIGH COURT OF TANZANIA AT AAUSHA APPELLATE JURISDICTION HIGH- COURT. CRIMINAL APP. NO. 180 QF 1990 ·, r,:•:--~~ - "'(Oiginal criminal case No.137 of 1990 of the District.Court of Moshi District at Moshi - i3efore: ·t· •. s_.· ll¾FlJRU,. Esq., District Ma,qistrate) ALOYC.E PAICK SlIJ\ , • • • • •,. • •. •, •,• ••• • •• APPELLANT .·... · ( Original Accused) -versus ·:r;. TH~ REP.UDLIC •. o •"• •·• • • •· •• • • ,, • • •• •.• •• ••.RESPONDENT '·•., · (Original t'recutC">r) . · . . -__, ......... _ ........._..., ____________________ _ JUDGMENT MROS0 1 J • · _,. ... ..... __ ,. • I ·. Four appeals, n9mel;y Criminal ;Appeal ,Nr,s. 180/90 - the ·. · ap'pellaht,.Aloyce ·i-,-atrick Sarni.; .. 111/~~;:';,,: the appellant Salthar Patrick Sc.mia.; 182/90 - the ap_pellant:° :P,trck Francis Samia and 1S3/90"- Jchc:. appellant Khasim Jame we.re c<'nsnlidated for heating. • ! • - ·. The four· app11·ants were prosecuted_ :for·, anct cnnvicted on, two ,'/1 . Y, •• "' :, / . • V • • : • , · c6;mtt;1., one _,-,f burglay ct')ntrary .t" secti4'1J 294 (1) r,f the Penal Code ancf·tn~-:ot}l_e~ nf st·e?l,ling· cnntrar; tn ectinn 265 ,,, the·. ~ . , . . . . . Pnal Coae .• ··,Tb~· Oi~-tict· curt. nf Mnshi which·· tried and ; convicted them, sentenced. ach f them tn five ·years irnprisonmnt ,':,o \ ·• • -. ' ~ . on the fi.Fst. 'cnun.t and•· t si'x mr>nths imprisnent on the theft coun ~~ •;• Thy haY.e fe 1 t aggrieved. -by - 'the c"i,.victir,ns and sentences •- ,r and peaied tp:' this court. ·'J;hc t.i;ial'., court fond., cnrectly'. that the hnuse nf nne Angelina w/o °1.\1-guJtine · was burgieci during the night ,-f 30th January, 1990· 1 .and ·n as·sortment ,-.f hnusehold go(')ds which included . ,. :· .. matresse:s., be!d-sheets, pillr,ws and pillow eases, valued· at about -:. . . . 140,550/=., were stolen. It was nnt immediately· knnwn whn the , j • . , ,_ · ·burgir.rs iere • "',·. ·.·• .. , · ., -Three da.ys after the burglary and theft the hnuse nf appel11t _Patrick Francis Samia was searched by a policeman - PW.3·- in the presence nf the cnmplainant ~ PW.l and a ten .. ..,.·cell. leader - P.w.~. In a _r,...,...m." .. I"

. i 2 ".;.. In a room occupied ·1;,y one ·6f the ·snns of appellant Patrick Samia, that is thf:., room riccupied :by appellant Balthazar Patri•k Sa111a·, were rcov:r~: twl"I maresses, twn bed-sheets, fl"lur tabie clo_thes, a buby 11 showeP 1 ·{napkln) and a pillow case, which the cnmplainant ;ctentifiec1 as some of the things stl'\len frt,m .her. The complainant claimed tliat her stlen panga was found in -the house of appellant hloyce Patrick Samia but·there is nn support for thti.t claim by i--.W.2 nr J?.w.3. Nothing of inoriminating - nature was found in the hnme nf appellant .Khasim James and no one implicated him. It· .i-s· •c:ifficul t tn tell ·from the judgment n£ the trial ,.,.,. , .. (· ·, ' . nragistr<1te why appellants Alnyce Patrick- s·amia, Patrick Francis Sarnia nnd Khusipl .James were cnnvicted ·.:a·s charged Thete was no ' . ' . ..... . "- \·: . . .. . evi<lencr:-to Shr,w that Patrick Samia k,OW--that stolen gor.,ds Were • ' i: • "';-:::-.:, I • '• .• •:• • , in the-room of hi -·son !3altnzar·:nr that':·tte- was party· in s-tnring f ""':.. f .•: ... . :·; ,: ,' . .. - : .. . th stole.- gt,i,ds in.,,,.the ·rt")o~ . .'l'."if~. h'ii; s."'n• -hs· · f "r the appellant . , i\l:6fce Samia:t~ the only evidence tending tr, implicat~ him was ' "";• ,.;_ ,l ~ • . . . ' that''of complainant .. ,whr, sid her st"len panga was found ±n hisll"ibse. .Out~ as ___ already· pointed out, her claim-was nr,t • ~ • ! • •- • •. . ;r' . ) supp'cf.r·1::ecl by the ten cell leader - Po w.2. and the ,pnU.ce · officer • ... ,;. . .. ~ .... w.3, b5tr:i who tr,ld the trial c"urt tnat n,.,thing was f.,und in .. his hoUs e,. It was c;lnubtf ul, the ref ore, if in fact any r,f the ., st:ol<.Hf goos1s wa recl'.lvered frnm his ·house.-. · ·-·· · The•··cspondent Republic does n(')t suppnrt the. convict1t")n of · ~ ':J .! -:i r - • • appel:lcirits i+loYce?•Patd,aJc-. ·csamia, Patrick Francis Samia and . ..... . . .:•:-: :· Khasim· .iaines •· r· i1gree that th"se appellants were wrnngly •( . '. v :, ,. . ,.,.- .. .,. c 0 nvictdd; I quash the_c.-,1wictir,ns against them and set aside ~ ~ . I ~ • ·,• ; . \ j I . .the sontcnces,irrtpns;ed - nn them. . Ti')ey Shf'IUld be set free ff'lrthwith z, . (\ ·,\ ' . \ .. ._ '. t . . unh,s:,;.· held for s'(-lme f't.h,er lawfu cause. ~ I • ._ I • • ~ • • r: ,·. .u 1 ;;;1 1 :,f'c, -uJ?-p(allnt·Sal-thazar Patrick·semia, sr,rne ,.,f the :<s ti,el;: gc,oc\J·· wie,irecl"~ered. f r"'m . his rn"m nnly. three days . ,,. ' '. ,:-, · ;·,,·. ~ ... --:' -\ ... . ..,.'. . ·. ,_.!· afte+. the ougl.ri -and t?ieft. He said Yle was nnt in his ., . 'S· villc\ge ·en th~ date the_ r,ffene'ett were c"'mmitted!' H,:"IWeVer• ·:, ··the d.G.tes he menGt-,-,rlJct ·. tha~ ae ·was i.,_way, that is 19/1/91, 27 /1/90 .., ·. . and 9/2/90, had,p".'thin<i:.t_n. drr ·with the day nf the burg~_ary ·. and theft. ' ·,.. ,. ict·''·' . -' ,' ,., ...

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• ' I think the trial cnurt was justified in tejeeting his irrelevant defenceo i ,:!though -the trial rnagis trate did nt say sn, since the stolen property was fnund with· the apt,eilant Balthazar nl'ily three dS.ys after the burglary, the dl'\ctrine ,-,f recent pcssesion c~uld legitimately have been invnked against I him to jO:sti:fy his being c!nnvicted f·nr burglary and tflefte · I therefore sustain the cr,rivi-c.tinns and sentences imposed nn him. In the r(a:sult, the appeal by appellant Balthazar Patrick Samia is dismissed. ht Arusha. 19/11/90 j JAM/MJK. --·- \ (J. J· •• Mrf'lsn) J'UOG.E