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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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March 1971
Repulic vs Solomoni s/o Mbalwa & Another (Criminal Sessions Case No 148 of 1971) [1971] TZHC 98 (11 March 1971) First accused acquitted for lack of common intent; second convicted of manslaughter for an unintentional fatal blow during a drunken quarrel. Criminal law – Homicide: distinction between murder and manslaughter; requirement of malice aforethought for murder; effect of intoxication and trivial provocation on intent. Criminal law – Common intention: necessity of evidence to show presence, participation or shared intent for joint liability. Evidence – Admission by accused of striking fatal blow as proof of causation but not necessarily of murderous intent.	11 March 1971

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March 1971

Repulic vs Solomoni s/o Mbalwa & Another (Criminal Sessions Case No 148 of 1971) [1971] TZHC 98 (11 March 1971)

First accused acquitted for lack of common intent; second convicted of manslaughter for an unintentional fatal blow during a drunken quarrel.

Criminal law – Homicide: distinction between murder and manslaughter; requirement of malice aforethought for murder; effect of intoxication and trivial provocation on intent. Criminal law – Common intention: necessity of evidence to show presence, participation or shared intent for joint liability. Evidence – Admission by accused of striking fatal blow as proof of causation but not necessarily of murderous intent.

11 March 1971