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. 

Physical address
24 Kivukoni Road, P O Box: S.L.P. 9004
2 judgments

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Citation
Judgment date
May 1969
Appeal allowed and conviction for possession of suspected stolen cattle quashed for insufficient evidence and procedural defects.
Criminal law – Stock Theft Ordinance s.5(1) – Possession of suspected stolen stock – Requirement that circumstances reasonably lead to belief of theft – Evidential sufficiency; Arrest procedure – failure to afford opportunity to explain possession affects weight of prosecution case.
18 May 1969
March 1969
Appeal against cattle theft conviction summarily rejected due to overwhelming evidence and absence of arguable grounds.
* Criminal law – Cattle theft – Sufficiency of evidence – Independent witness and police observation corroborating sale of stolen animal. * Criminal procedure – Appeal – Summary rejection where appeal lacks sufficient or arguable grounds (certification of no sufficient ground). * Sentence – Minimum statutory imprisonment and statutory corporal punishment imposed.
24 March 1969