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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 1972
Republic vs Minase d/o Mwenyetime & Another (Criminal Sessions Case No. 1517 of 1971) [1972] TZHC 137 (28 August 1972) Uncorroborated, retracted confessions and an inconclusive post-mortem precluded murder; convictions reduced to assault causing actual bodily harm. Criminal law – Extra-judicial confessions – admissibility, voluntariness and need for corroboration; Post-mortem on skeleton without doctor’s testimony – limited weight; Common intention – necessity for murder conviction; Lesser conviction of assault causing actual bodily harm (s.241 Penal Code); Sentence considerations.	28 August 1972

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August 1972

Republic vs Minase d/o Mwenyetime & Another (Criminal Sessions Case No. 1517 of 1971) [1972] TZHC 137 (28 August 1972)

Uncorroborated, retracted confessions and an inconclusive post-mortem precluded murder; convictions reduced to assault causing actual bodily harm.

Criminal law – Extra-judicial confessions – admissibility, voluntariness and need for corroboration; Post-mortem on skeleton without doctor’s testimony – limited weight; Common intention – necessity for murder conviction; Lesser conviction of assault causing actual bodily harm (s.241 Penal Code); Sentence considerations.

28 August 1972