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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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Citation	Judgment date
April 1981
Mohamed Hassani vs Republic (Criminal Appeal No. 92 of 1979) [1981] TZHC 1988 (15 April 1981) Conviction for burglary upheld on recent possession; five-year minimum sentence reduced because value of stolen property was not proved. * Criminal law – Burglary and stealing – Recent possession doctrine – possession and sale of stolen goods shortly after break‑in supports inference of guilt.* Sentencing – Minimum Sentences Act – statutory minimums require court satisfaction the value of property exceeds threshold; such value must be established by evidence at trial.* Compensation – orders under Minimum Sentences Act s.7 require court assessment of value and must be particularized.	15 April 1981
Esha Abdallah vs Republic (HC Criminal Appeal No 62/80) [1981] TZHC 2127 (14 April 1981) Conviction quashed where trial judge relied on an unproved documentary report rather than admissible oral evidence. Evidence — documentary evidence; contents of a document not proved by oral testimony have no evidential value; trial judge must not rely on or interpret untested documents in reaching a conviction; sufficiency of evidence for criminal conviction.	14 April 1981
Abdallah Rashidi Maiga vs Republic (Criminal Appeal No. 88 of 1979) [1981] TZHC 1987 (10 April 1981) Applicant's conviction for stealing by agent upheld; sentence reduced and compensation adjusted for recovered proceeds. Criminal law — Stealing by agent (s.273(b) Penal Code) — Evidence and credibility of witnesses — Accounting for entrusted funds — Sentence discretion and restitution calculation.	10 April 1981
Abdallah Rashidi Maiga vs Republic (High Court Criminal Appeal No. 88/79) [1981] TZHC 1990 (10 April 1981) Whether the applicant’s failure to account for entrusted funds constituted stealing by agent and whether the sentence was excessive. * Criminal law – Stealing by agent (s.273(b) Penal Code) – adequacy of evidence and credibility of accounts regarding accounting for entrusted funds; * Criminal procedure – appellate review of factual findings and sentence discretion; * Sentencing – reduction where original term excessive relative to proved loss.	10 April 1981

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