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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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Citation	Judgment date
December 1982
Republic vs Omari Shukia (Criminal Sessions Case No. 5 of 1982) [1982] TZHC 403 (17 December 1982) Accused acted in self-defence but used excessive force, warranting a manslaughter conviction and nine-year sentence. Criminal law - homicide; admissibility and weight of extra-judicial statement; self-defence and defence of property (s.18A); reasonable force limitation and excessive force leading to manslaughter (s.18B); conviction reduced from murder to manslaughter.	17 December 1982
Republic vs Selemani Murii (Criminal Sessions Case No. 65 of 1980) [1982] TZHC 686 (13 December 1982)	13 December 1982
Republic vs Ambrozi Mkhandi (Criminal Sessions Case No. 7 of 1982) [1982] TZHC 397 (11 December 1982) Circumstantial evidence (stick and drag marks) did not exclude reasonable alternative hypothesis; accused acquitted. Criminal law – Murder – wholly circumstantial evidence – identification of deceased’s property – drag marks linking scene to accused’s premises – alibi – requirement that circumstantial facts be incompatible with innocence and exclude reasonable alternative hypotheses before conviction.	11 December 1982
August 1982
Republic vs Gidasang'u Gidabarigida (Criminal Sessions Case No. 93 of 1980) [1982] TZHC 664 (23 August 1982)	23 August 1982
Republic vs Mihamed Sima and Others (Criminal Sessions Case No. 68 of 1980) [1982] TZHC 662 (9 August 1982)	9 August 1982
May 1982
Republic vs Chela Ngeme (Criminal Sessions Case No. 87 of 1980) [1982] TZHC 644 (17 May 1982)	17 May 1982
January 1982
Republic vs Ally Mpaki and Others (Criminal Sessions Case No. 41 of 1982) [1982] TZHC 707 (1 January 1982)	1 January 1982

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