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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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August 1982
Juma Thomas Mwarabu vs Republic (Criminal Appeal No. 115/81) [1982] TZHC 41 (2 August 1982)
2 August 1982
Juma Thomas Mwarabu vs Republic (Criminal Appeal No. 115 of 1981) [1982] TZHC 28 (2 August 1982)
Conviction for stealing by servant upheld; excessive compensation order set aside and substituted with Shs.6,000.
Criminal law – Stealing by servant – conviction supported by possession, conversion and sale of distinctive company plywood identified by company agent; appellate review of compensation – excessive/unexplained award set aside and varied where restitution had occurred.
 2 August 1982
Tayari Emmanuel Njanjika vs Republic (High Court Criminal Appeal No. 23 of 1982) [1982] TZHC 105 (2 August 1982)
Recent possession of clearly identified stolen property and its sale shortly after a break‑in upheld convictions and sentences.
Criminal law – house‑breaking (s.294(1)) and stealing (s.265) – recent possession doctrine – recovery of identified stolen property in accused’s possession – sale of stolen property shortly after offence – sufficiency of inference and failure of explanations to rebut.
 2 August 1982