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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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24 Kivukoni Road, P O Box: S.L.P. 9004
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July 1971
Republic vs Gaitan s.o Mudunya (Criminal Appeal Nos 135, 136 of 1971; Criminal Session Case No. 71 of 1971) [1971] TZHC 138 (2 July 1971)
Established provocation can reduce murder to manslaughter even if the retaliatory act was disproportionate.

Criminal law – Provocation as defence – Effect of disproportionality between provocation and retaliatory act; Reduction of murder to manslaughter; Admissibility of post‑mortem report under Evidence Act s.34(b); Intoxication as aggravating factor.

 2 July 1971
April 1971
Malogo s/o Ligodo vs The Republic (Criminal Appeal No. 90 of 1971) [1971] TZHC 78 (23 April 1971)
A conviction based solely on a single witness identification is unsafe where identity is not proved beyond reasonable doubt.
Criminal law – Theft – Identity of accused – Single witness identification – Credibility and proof beyond reasonable doubt – Lack of corroboration – Conviction quashed.
 23 April 1971