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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 1998
John s/o Johnson vs Republic (DC Criminal Appeal No 23 of 1998) [1998] TZHC 2344 (9 December 1998)
Appeal dismissed: appellate court upholds convictions based on credible eyewitness and defers to trial court’s factual findings.
Criminal law – Burglary and theft – sufficiency of evidence – credibility of eyewitness – appellate deference to trial court’s findings of fact and demeanour.
 9 December 1998
Charles Kulwa vs Republic (Criminal Appeal No. 27 of 1998) [1998] TZHC 2053 (2 December 1998)
Applicant's conviction based on circumstantial suspicion was insufficient; appeal allowed and conviction quashed.
Criminal law – Circumstantial evidence – Sufficiency to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt – Suspicion and probability insufficient for conviction – Conviction quashed where evidence did not establish guilt to criminal standard.
 2 December 1998