High Court of Tanzania

Criminal Law - Recent possession doctrine - Whether applies to
cover all penal offences including murder.
Criminal Law - Recent Possession - whether 8 months is recent
enough tojustify the application ofthe doctrine where the article
in question is a radio cassette.

Criminal Law - Uttering afalse document - Permit to holdngoma
issued in contravention ofan alleged quarantine - Whether the
permit which was not required by law amounted to a false
document in law - Whether there was utterance as defined by
section 5 ofthe Penal Code.

Criminal Practice and Procedure - Bail - Bail under the Economic and Organised Crime ControlAct 1984 - Applicationfor bail to the F High Court not sitting as an Economic Crimes Court -Economic and Organised Crime ControlAct 1984, ss.29(4) and 35(1).

Criminal Law - Theft - Ingredients ofthe offence. Criminal Law- Stealing by servant - Whether coverssituation where  the thing stolen is not the property ofaccused's employer. Criminal Law - Stealing by agent - Whether cognate to the offence ofstealing by servant to make the former minor to the latter

Criminal Law - Contempt ofcourt - Accused refuses to answer a
question from a co-accused - Presiding magistrate overrules
such objection -Accusedstillrefuses to reply - Whether accused
is guilty ofcontempt ofcourt, (s. 114(2) ofthe Penal Code).
Criminal Practice and Procedure - Contempt ofcourt - Magistrate
C convicts accused person in a summary proceeding without
drafting a charge ofcontempt ofcourt - Whetherfailure to do so
occasioned afailure ofJustice.

CriminalPractice andProcedure - Charges - Impersonating a Public
Officer contrary to s. 100 ofthe Penal Code - Whether conviction
maintainable where accused was originally charged under a
wrong sub-section.