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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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24 Kivukoni Road, P O Box: S.L.P. 9004
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December 1981
Republic vs Tatu Jumamine and Others (Criminal Sessions Case No. 67 of 1980) [1981] TZHC 2415 (4 December 1981)
Eyewitness proof of a violent joint assault established manslaughter, but not murder, due to lack of proven malice aforethought.
Criminal law — Homicide: credibility of eyewitnesses; sufficiency of direct evidence where post‑mortem inconclusive; malice aforethought as element distinguishing murder from manslaughter; common intention (section 23) and joint assault.
 4 December 1981