Hugo Mtweve and Others vs Republic (Criminal Appeal No. 51 of 1990) [1990] TZHC 310 (7 November 1990)

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• . '• ~~· .,,! ,. •, • • • I -\-\L IN THE i:r,_:H COURT OF TAI'fz\I'TTA . A.PPE LL,\ TE JURI SDI.yTI ON ·. -· (Mbcy2. Rogis'lry) -Hl(';H: COURT ·cRnINAL APPEAL NOS, i OF /l990 ,' . CONS. CR.ARPll4/89 & 115 ._89, .. ( Originnl Crimirn:21, Case No. 2 of 1989 of tho. ,,~ .Di'st'rict Court of 1udowa· District at Ludcwa ... ' . : :,,,Boforo: JeS• Koginc; P.D.Magistr~~c) . . 1;: \ p •• • • • " . . . °EIUGO. Tu1TWEVE and 2 OTHERS •••.••.• ; ••• · ••••• ~ ••• 1\PPELLANTS J ;. ·.' .. ';. ... . .. Ve.r.sus· . • • . 4 • • • I,, . . THE J?UBLIC.\•.,. • • • n ·• • ~ - • .. :- • .. ~ •·•. -.: . . ·. • • .,B.ES?ON1JE '. ,,• ,•:• _-: ~ •. •,., I • • - • ,;, •,: ,• :• • • ~ : ,-•• -· . . . . ~ ,•, ... ·. ·_: -GE_i . Bnoaking .into a 'buildil),g nr1;d .,.9.Gil1111i tting.;.,:1'.1-. ::- affonco ·.c/ s ·196 ·-( l) of ··tho Ponnl do-a.:e .. Cap• .1,6. r . .. JUDGMENT :· · " CHU,\3 J., This· is a consolidatq_d n:::1pcal qovcrintt CrL:11it1i-' i:i)1ic;i;:--NGs. 51/90_ 1 .il4/89 3nd 115/89. . ' . ' guilty of brocking into a bulAfn_g_; and .stci:din,'.(1 ropcrty worth _, .. : . . .· ·\ :"": ·.. .. · .. L . , , . . . . . . .. . :- , , sh.ll7 ,825/=. They wore sontcn·cod to 8. yc:::rs im1Srisoriment subjoct_. · · .. · . · ·. ·· ··ordered · . . •' . to --\0:miinm:itfon by this co-μ.rt._ ondlto ... Jffi:i_)Ons8·t·o tho. Lugarawa .. ·.,. : . Ujamaa vill2g sho 1 1 tho vaiuQ · of tho pro:i_Jorty :th3t 'wgs ·not re ovroa, .,.he 8'.ll')Cal is 8,'?'ainst the conviction sand sonto'nc&·{ .J..: l. ..L: C> .. Tho three .a:;_)pc,llants nnd a :fourth ·person Longinus Mgimba _who ' has not Sl):i_JOC.l9d,. bμt Who -was tho· driBinal first DCCUSO<?,- wqr,o. ~ ,: ·. t • . . . . convicted m3in],.y because of,·t110.,·:foll"owing ovidon·cc•, ·11,1. thq . , • .. l . ., .. morning of 3/2/89 _tho Lugarowa Villc:go sho1 wc/s found t9 h2vo bcqn broken into,. c:rid sundry sh.011' goods -stolon', .i\t tho scone of crime ·i 1 1 :v4) to h::vo boon the pro1orty,;·of the- ·or.t{sinnl first ab:1sed . u "Ir . b •1n S ':i;'.2;lii1 8• \ m~turnlly Longinus Wigimbr: wc.s nrrostod • ••• /2

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On being arrested ho confcssod to hnvo coi:ui1i ttod tho offono ana ,_; also imontionod the rest of.tho cpollcnts cs his partncts in tho crime~ Ho v,,cmt on further to sl1ow whore he and his colloae;uos had_ burried tho 1)ro:1crties. Those Y'fOro une~'.rthed and duly identified, i'i.s rogc.rds the a:-:,i)o·1ie.nts· it is not only· evidence of the 4ofossior that impli6atod them, th_qt was relied on' to c·)nvict them .• ' There was ,.., (." evidence of r1kmfreda Paulo NIfg.wc (PW5) the wife of· Loi1ts.inus Mgirnba, I: ' • wo opted to testifr ·{·gninst 11.or husbrmd. r::ftcr hor ric;hts under section 130 _. (1) (3) of the -Evidence l1ct wore, duly. OX'Jlcined to her t ··t. . . .. ' . . -',• ,· f I -1 _. t. • ,, ' That ev\d-*R.0-_showe·a:..::_that 'in tho night of /2/89 the a)110 llants hc:1d '. ' .' ·-- . 't . . gone out yvilr Dori,ginus Mgimba ond .:retur1:e'd -.le;to at night. They • • ; •• '1 • , - t ~ , awokoncd hor: and. aska--· her 't~ lJrovido a lami,~ rnad a rhoe·: She comi1liocl and noted how the four i)art:p.p:rs. ·hurried a :1lt:1stic bng thot wns .- . ' ~ different descriptionse! .: , .. , ': i ', /..,.. • . ,-,-~ ; ~~~ . . ' .. •: ~ ··::· .•. · ·The a:;_1pellants co:titon.d in thcir:,,mh°rior.t?ri·dc:1 .of a:;):;')cal that they not .. . , .. ·· ... ~ .. \ . ·--,>-· ... ·J r ' were Jr_o1JorJ.;y: ,i.dcritfiod'. at· ni'clt 8nd tht thoy were not found with But with clue ros;1octr tho wifo of .. ·, . ' .; . ::. . ·. ··,. .' =~~ . •· . t, - .•.. Longinus, Mgir1bo lmow them wc--lT 'cmd held tho nC.v::.ntci.go of soc:firrg/-- thom with tho :id of the 12.rn.1) s.10 was forded_ ,to :)roduco •. · Tfo . ' operation of burying tho s_t.olon g:6ods must hDVO . gi van_ hoi-• suffiiciont .. ._ ... time .to nscorte:'lri who·;hoy wore. ~~ . . ... '.t -:, s r·o 6 nrc1s tho cJrttonti::m· th::rt the :1-)ol.l.C11.ts haci•:·rt'-61; bcfon .found . .,-'- . .• . ·... . • ,. ·r .. ,,,. ·:-•. '.-.; - ... · l ' ,A' in posse ss·i on of nny stolon· go'O_di_'·-hcn their:, houso·s were 'S?3rche- . ..,. . .· :•'-., '. ..i:.o :: • '•. ' I •• . • > - • ', • • • q,nco i't ;ls b.lievod thot they br\wi th. tho originnl .. fist accusocl . "•.: . : j·: . . . . . . ,. . •, f,1;. than in lcw tJ.10y must be doeaod to h!.lvo been .i!3- joirit 11ossossion fJr tho c·ir6~:11stricb in .. whi_ch they wore soon burying tho l)lastig b8g in tho lnto ·1nurs of the night oliL1in~to -the ~JGssibility of n .~ore nccidonto_l J:J'.'C·S0i1CO or an. tm1ocont•.-ono-. ·.,. \ . ~ .. . ; ... ·.,.,,

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:. . .... r . ··•· . ',:l"::+• ', ' 3 In the result I 1:lgrec with locuncd St8tc .i1ttorney Y.:Tr .• Ndunguru that t:10 Gl);io2l against c0nviction· lY1s 110 mcri t.. It is accordingly dis,:1ssod. .As rcg[:rds sentence, 8 yo2rs i.a dofini-tcly a i:nugh one but it cannot be said to bo so excessive as to deserve intcrforcnco fron this Court~ It is hereby confiruoo Consequently tho a 1 )pcal is dismissed entirely. JUDGE