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High Court of Tanzania

This is the second level in the Judiciary justice delivery hierarchy. It has both appellate and original powers on civil and criminal matters. It also hears appeals from the Courts of Resident Magistrate, the District Courts, and the District Land and Housing Tribunals in exercise of their original, appellate and/or revisional jurisdiction. The High Court is divided into Zones and specialized Divisions. 

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December 1969
Elisante Marika vs Republic (Criminal Appeal No. 28 of 1969) [1969] TZHC 4 (27 December 1969)
Appeal dismissed: appellant’s conviction upheld on corroborated accomplice evidence; trial court wrongly acquitted the first accused.
Criminal law – conviction on accomplice evidence – requirement for corroboration – corroboration by independent witness evidence – credibility of witness D.F.3 – appellate review of acquittal – receiving stolen property.
 27 December 1969
November 1969
Isack Ndekirwa Sumari vs Republic (HC Criminal Appeal No 72 of 1989) [1969] TZHC 3 (10 November 1969)
Circumstantial evidence did not exclude other perpetrators, so the theft conviction was quashed and sentence set aside.
* Criminal law – Circumstantial evidence – Whether evidence irresistibly points to accused – Benefit of doubt. * Evidence – Failure of gate-register formalities and negligence of gatekeepers weakens inferences of guilt. * Criminal procedure – Conviction quashed where alternative hypothesis of guilt not excluded.
 10 November 1969