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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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November 1973
Republic vs Wilson Werandumi Mushi (Criminal Sessions Case No. 48 of 1973) [1973] TZHC 206 (9 November 1973) Voluntary extra‑judicial admission and corroborative evidence showed killing, but excessive self‑defence reduced liability to manslaughter. Criminal law — Homicide: murder versus manslaughter — Distinction where death occurs during a fight, provocation or self‑defence — Excessive self‑defence reducing murder to manslaughter Evidence — Extra‑judicial statements — Voluntariness confirmed by the Justice of the Peace — Admissibility and voluntariness before a Justice of the Peace — Post‑mortem and identification — Corroboration by circumstantial and eyewitness evidence	9 November 1973
Republic vs Modest s/a Felix Zuchi and Another (Criminal Sessions Case No. 47 of 1973) [1973] TZHC 391 (5 November 1973) The accused were discharged where the prosecution's key witness was unreliable and medical evidence inconclusive. Criminal law — sufficiency of evidence — no-case-to-answer — Credibility of key witness and inconclusive post‑mortem	5 November 1973
August 1973
Republic vs Lucia d/o Andrea (Criminal Sessions Case No. 45 of 1973) [1973] TZHC 230 (7 August 1973) Accused committed homicide but was legally insane at the time and ordered detained as a criminal lunatic. Criminal law — Insanity — Psychiatric evidence that accused suffered acute paranoid schizophrenia at time of killing — Homicide committed but not guilty of murder by reason of insanity — Detention	7 August 1973
Republic vs Ayubu s/o Bakari (Criminal Sessions Case No. 23 of 1973) [1973] TZHC 390 (6 August 1973) The accused pleaded guilty to manslaughter after an affray in which he seized a knife and inflicted fatal wounds; sentenced to four years. Criminal law — Manslaughter — Plea of guilty and conviction on manslaughter — Self‑defence — Killing after being stabbed by the deceased — Culpability assessed as manslaughter Criminal procedure — Sentencing — mitigation for first offenders — Consideration in imposing four years' imprisonment	6 August 1973