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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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April 1989
Republic vs Zablon Paulo @ Paulo Mkoma and Others (Economic Crime Case No. 3 of 1988) [1989] TZHC 381 (27 April 1989) Court convicted only the third accused for unlawful dealing in 63 elephant tusks; others acquitted for insufficient proof. Criminal law – Unlawful dealing in government trophies – whether possession of large number of elephant tusks establishes unlawful dealing; handwriting expert evidence – weight and insufficiency to prove authorship; admissibility and probative value of exhibits (bicycles, motor vehicle, firearms, cash) in linking accused to trafficking; sufficiency of circumstantial evidence to convict.	27 April 1989

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April 1989

Republic vs Zablon Paulo @ Paulo Mkoma and Others (Economic Crime Case No. 3 of 1988) [1989] TZHC 381 (27 April 1989)

Court convicted only the third accused for unlawful dealing in 63 elephant tusks; others acquitted for insufficient proof.

Criminal law – Unlawful dealing in government trophies – whether possession of large number of elephant tusks establishes unlawful dealing; handwriting expert evidence – weight and insufficiency to prove authorship; admissibility and probative value of exhibits (bicycles, motor vehicle, firearms, cash) in linking accused to trafficking; sufficiency of circumstantial evidence to convict.

27 April 1989