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…RESPONDENT (Appeal from the High Court at Kakamega, Gicheru J) JUDGEMENT The appellant has taken two points in this appeal; the first is that the first appeal to the High Court ought not to have been dismissed summarily;…

…appeal.…

…But in reviewing the evidence by the trial court, the learned Judge on first appeal decided to give Thomas the benefit of the doubt.…

…On first appeal, the learned judge did not find that the evidence of recognition had been wrongly received, or that there has been any misdirection or non-direction with regard to their evidence.…

…His first appeal to the superior court against both conviction and sentence was dismissed.…

…His first appeal to the superior court against both conviction and sentence was dismissed.…

…His first appeal to the superior court against both conviction and sentence was dismissed.…

…NO. 2867 OF 1989) ********** R U L I N G This is an application under rule 4 of the Court of Appeal Rules for extension of time to file a notice of appeal and an appeal out of time, the first appeal filed by the applicant…

…On this ground I would uphold the learned judge’s decision allowing the first appeal, though not for the reasons given by him, namely that the case was covered by section 149 of the Act.…

…We are not called upon to consider the operation of section 149, (nor of the application of prerogative orders mooted on the first appeal).…

…His first appeal against conviction to the High Court of Kenya at Nairobi was on 27th July, 1990 dismissed. Hence, the present second appeal to this Court.…

…appeal would have been different.…

…In support of this view, it was submitted, that the charge had not been proved beyond reasonable doubt and that on first appeal, the superior court itself felt so doubtful that it quashed the conviction of the offence with…

…The first ground of appeal that there was not sufficient evidence to sustain the conviction is a matter of law, though whether the evidence is sufficient (when there is some evidence) is a matter of fact: See R v T Mohamed…

…The task of an appellate Court on a first appeal from a conviction was discussed and settled by the decisions of the predecessor of this court in Pandya v R [1957] EA 336 and in Shantilal M Ruwala v R [1957] EA The totality…

…Arguing the first ground of appeal, Mr Odero for the appellant referred to the judgment of the High Court and made the point that there is no mention of the appellant’s unsworn statement in the judgment and that the prosecution…

…The tasks of a first appellate court on first appeal from a conviction was declared by the decision of the predecessor of this court in Pandya V R C [1957] E A 336 at page 337 where the matter was put as follows: “On first…

…These matters were not dealt with by the learned judge who heard the appellant’s first appeal.…

…The first ground of appeal that there was not sufficient evidence to sustain the conviction is a matter of law, though whether the evidence is sufficient (when there is some evidence) is a matter of fact: See R v T Mohamed…

…The task of an appellate Court on a first appeal from a conviction was discussed and settled by the decisions of the predecessor of this court in Pandya v R [1957] EA 336 and in Shantilal M Ruwala v R [1957] EA The totality…

…The appellant’s first appeal in the High Court (Patel J) was against the conviction and sentence of a fine.…

…These matters were not dealt with by the learned judge who heard the appellant’s first appeal.…

…The appellant’s first memorandum of appeal contained eleven grounds.…

…When the matter eventually came on for hearing he added to his grounds of appeal to the High Court that the learned Judge had failed to address his mind to the first petition of appeal, and the arguments advanced in support…

…The appellant’s first memorandum of appeal contained eleven grounds.…

…When the matter eventually came on for hearing he added to his grounds of appeal to the High Court that the learned Judge had failed to address his mind to the first petition of appeal, and the arguments advanced in support…

…His first appeal was dismissed by the High Court (Mead J) and he has now appealed to this court.…

…The respondent's first appeal to the superior court against his conviction and sentence was on 24th June, 1996 allowed with the result that his conviction on each of the nine counts referred to above was quashed and the sentence…