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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
December 1978
Njama Samwel vs Republic (TDR Criminal Appeal No. 1 of 1978) [1978] TZHC 179 (27 December 1978) An inadmissible police confession will not overturn conviction when independent admissible evidence links the applicant to cattle theft. * Evidence — Confession — Confession to police inadmissible under Law of Evidence Act ss.27–28; conviction may stand if independent admissible evidence links accused to offence. * Criminal law — Cattle theft — Identification of recovered animal remains and accused leading police to scene as admissible corroboration. * Sentencing — Mandatory minimum sentence under the Minimum Sentences Act, 1972 upheld.	27 December 1978
August 1978
Seffu S/O Saidi vs Republic (Criminal Appeal No. 14 of 977) [1978] TZHC 327 (22 August 1978) Court quashed robbery conviction for lack of violence and substituted theft; convicted fourth accused of murder and sentenced him to death. Criminal law — Robbery — requirement of force, violence or threat; guilty plea entered before court and admissions — voluntariness and effect; substitution of conviction under s.181 Criminal Procedure Code to simple theft. Criminal law — Murder — proof of actus reus and mens rea where lethal cut inflicted with billhook; distinguishing participation, common intention and accessory after the fact; sentencing (death for murder, imprisonment for accessory).	22 August 1978
January 1978
Hussein Abdallah vs Republic (TDR Criminal Appeal No. 32 of 1978) [1978] TZHC 356 (1 January 1978) Identification of articles and the doctrine of recent possession can sustain burglary/theft convictions when an accused fails to give a reasonable explanation. * Criminal law – Burglary and theft – Identification of stolen property by unique marks – Sufficiency of identification. * Criminal law – Doctrine of recent possession – Application where property recovered twenty‑three days after offence – Presumption against possessor. * Evidence – Circumstantial evidence and adequacy of accused’s explanation – Contradictory accounts by co‑accused.	1 January 1978

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