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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 1979
Benedict Leyana vs Republic (HC Criminal Appeal No 5 of 1978) [1979] TZHC 256 (18 December 1979)
Circumstantial evidence failing to exclude other reasonable hypotheses cannot sustain a theft conviction; conviction and restitution quashed.
Criminal law – sufficiency of circumstantial evidence; conviction unsafe where alternative hypotheses not excluded; relevance of co-accused acquittal and shared access; restitution dependent on valid conviction.
 18 December 1979
Elias Samwel vs Republic (HC Criminal Appeal No 251 of 1971) [1979] TZHC 8 (18 December 1979)
Convictions quashed where accounting discrepancies and unreliable handwriting evidence failed to prove theft beyond reasonable doubt.
Criminal law – Theft of public revenue – Insufficiency of accounting discrepancies alone to prove theft; Evidence – Handwriting identification – foundation required under s.49 Evidence Act; Procedure – Impermissible omnibus charging without particularising occasions and responsibility; Misapplication of inference from unauthorised delegation of duties to criminal guilt.
 18 December 1979
Hamisi Ally vs Republic (HC Criminal Appeal No 145 of 1978) [1979] TZHC 255 (18 December 1979)
Appeal against burglary and theft convictions dismissed where record established guilt and sentences were lawful.
* Criminal law – Burglary and theft – Appeal – Whether convictions supported by record – Whether sentences lawful or excessive – Appellate summary dismissal where guilt established and sentences within statutory bounds.
 18 December 1979