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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
August 1983
Hatibu v Republic (Criminal Appeal 66 of 1980) [1983] TZHC 674 (24 August 1983) Reported Evidence — Sufficiency of evidence — Two people jointly charged with cattle theft, c/s 268 of the Penal Code, Cap. 16. — One pleads guilty — the other convicted on shaky evidence — Accomplice didn't give evidence — Whether conviction should stand. Evidence — Plea of guilty is a confession of fact — Evidence must be led in a later trial of a former co-accused regarding it.	24 August 1983
Haji Mukedi vs Republic (High Court Criminal Appeal No. 7 of 1982) [1983] TZHC 104 (17 August 1983) Conviction and six-year sentence for office breaking and stealing upheld on evidence and deterrence grounds. Criminal law – office breaking and stealing – sufficiency of identification evidence at night; credibility of witnesses; rejection of denial defence; deterrent sentencing.	17 August 1983
July 1983
Republic v Giriki (Criminal Revision 1 of 1982) [1983] TZHC 722 (5 July 1983) Criminal Practice and Procedure - Sentencing - First offender • B Aged 18 - Sentenced to imprisonment without fine option - Improper	5 July 1983
June 1983
Jones Ndunguru vs Republic (Criminal Appeal No. 80 of 1981) [1983] TZHC 61 (20 June 1983) Conviction quashed where prosecution relied on inadmissible hearsay telegram and failed to prove intent to defraud. Criminal law – obtaining money by false pretences – mens rea/intent to defraud; Evidence – hearsay inadmissible (telegram) under s.62(1) Evidence Act; Burden of proof – prosecution must prove absence of official character and intent beyond reasonable doubt; Pleadings – defective particulars curable under s.346 Criminal Procedure Code.	20 June 1983
Ndunguru v Republic (Criminal Appeal 80 of 1981) [1983] TZHC 725 (20 June 1983) Reported Evidence - Admissibility - Telegram to establish truthfulness of contents thereof- Whether admissible in evidence - S.61(l) Evidence Act, 1967. Evidence - Burden of proof- Proof whether or not appellant was away on official duty - Burden on prosecution.	20 June 1983
Ajetu v Republic (Criminal Appeal 41 of 1981) [1983] TZHC 696 (15 June 1983) Criminal Law - Fraudulent false accounting c/s 317 (c) of Penal Code - Discrepancy between store ledger and physical goods in store - Whether sufficient to convict.	15 June 1983
Mpinga v Republic (Criminal Appeal 16 of 1980) [1983] TZHC 691 (15 June 1983) Criminal Practice and Procedure - Appeal against a conviction based on an unequivocal plea of guilty - Such appeal cannot be sustained - Magistrates Courts Act, 1963, section 16(2) (a) - Appeal against sentence may stand. Criminal Practice and Procedure - Conviction on plea of guilty - Circumstance on which appeal may stand.	15 June 1983
Fundi v Republic (Criminal Appeal 110 of 1981) [1983] TZHC 698 (13 June 1983) Evidence - Confession -Admissibility ofconfession made to a police officer before enactment ofs. 4 ofEvidence (Amendment) Act. 1980; and lamination imposed by s. 31 ofEvidence Act, 1962	13 June 1983
Rudolf Chavula vs Mohamed Athumani (Civil Appeal No. 7 of 1981) [1983] TZHC 665 (6 June 1983) Reported Tort — Slander — Grounds on which actionable without proof of special damage Tort — False imprisonment — Imprisonment by police and informant — Whether mere fact of arrest by police a satisfactory answer to claim of damages for false imprisonment. Tort — Enticement — Enticement not a criminal offence — Whether police have power to arrest a person who is alleged or even proved to have committed a civil wrong.	6 June 1983

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