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…So it is the subordinate court which makes the reference under section 67 (1) of the Constitution of Kenya (the Constitution), not the party.…

…So one finds, as we see it, the issue narrowing itself down to one point namely: the subordinate court having not made a reference to the High Court, there could not be anything in the Constitution identified for interpretation…

…Even then, the 3rd defendant did not attempt to satisfy the Auctioneers Rules with regard to the condition of the proclaimed goods for it was only with reference to the attached motor vehicle that he indicated the value.…

…The former Court of Appeal for East Africa in Osongo and another v Republic , (1972) E A 170, 171 E and F, which was a reference to the full court, said that, it could not agree that if those words had not been used in the…

…The reference to a painful experience should, Mr Kitaitu argued, have alerted the magistrate to the coercion being brought to bear on the appellant, and appreciating what had happened, the magistrate should have changed the…

…References to the appellant’s career prospects, and the effect upon the appellant’s family if the appellant is imprisoned show that the appellant’s purpose was not to detract in any way from his plea of guilty but to persuade…

…As the trial proceeded, there were references to the assessors as being recalled though there was no record of the time and at what stage of the proceeding they were requested to leave the court.…

…No reference is made of it in the judgment. The trial judge ought to have considered it. Failure to consider the defence is contrary to natural justice and unsettles the judgment Okethi Okale v Republic [1965] EA 555.…

…We think the reference to a quarrel as an afterthought put forward for the reason we have stated, otherwise it would have formed a part of the appellant's statement which he made to the police on the day of the killing.…

…scheduled agricultural produce shall cause or permit the same to be moved except under and in accordance with a permit issued by the Board or by a person authorised by the Board in writing (whether named or specified by reference…

…For the state, Mrs Muindi replied that a reference in the charge to Regulations No 173 which was nonexistent did not bring any confusions.…

…No reference as it laid in the overt acts that the Duty Officer was captured as such, it is laid in the first overt act that he was forced to surrender the keys to the safe where armoury keys were kept for safe custody and…

…1) (a)(iii) and (b) of the Penal Code as laid notwithstanding that we think and find that overt act 5(b) had not been sufficiently proved, but of course this makes no difference whatsoever to the conviction entered with reference…

…Be that as it may, a formal application for revision was duly filed by the Republic and the appellant in turn also filed a formal application seeking the setting aside of the ex-parte order to which we have made reference…

…Finally the court said, (with reference to the older R V Bates & Pugh (1848) 3 Cox’s Criminal Cases 201), at page 809 of the report: The words “ready willing to pay” indicate the second qualification.…

…The learned Magistrate then proceeded to explain why he thought the appellant’s identification by the complainant was reliable but without making any reference at all to the fact although he claimed to have known the appellant…

…Evidence Act says:- "An accomplice shall be a competent witness against an accused person and a conviction shall not be illegal merely because it proceeds upon the uncorroborated evidence of an accomplice", So Miss Njeru's reference…

…Evidence Act says:- "An accomplice shall be a competent witness against an accused person and a conviction shall not be illegal merely because it proceeds upon the uncorroborated evidence of an accomplice", So Miss Njeru's reference…

…The learned trial judge made no reference to its size in his judgment.…

…related to the destruction of the initial police statements of the witnesses after the new committal procedure came into force, strong criticism of the evidence of the appellant’s brother, Moses Mbelle, with particular reference…

…When the matter came before the High Court, the difference between receiving and retaining was put clearly by a reference to R vs Nicklin (1977) Cr App Rep 205.…

…Now it is argued before us that it is correct for the prosecutor in giving the facts of the alleged offence to include reference to other offences which are in some way connected with the alleged offence, which go to increase…

…jurisdiction as given by Section 84(1) of the former Constitution. [11] In support of his submissions, the appellant relied on several authorities including the case of Protus Buliba Shikuku v The Attorney General, Constitutional Reference…

…Viewed thus, the petition fell short of the very substantive test to which the High Court made reference to.…