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…This point, however has not been taken in the appellant’s memorandum of appeal, neither, in our view, could it be, as it did not form part of the prosecution case but was volunteered from the dock by the appellant.…

…Mr Azangalala also alleged in his memorandum of appeal that the magistrate had misdirected himself as regards the burden of proof and had failed specifically to state that he found the charge proved against the appellant…

…In his memorandum of appeal, the appellant invites us to reverse the judgment and award him damages on the various heads claimed in the plaint. We are satisfied those claims were based on a mistaken view of the law.…

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

…On his second appeal to this Court, the appellant exhibited a curious reticence in lodging his memorandum of appeal, and over a year’s delay in the hearing was caused by an alleged hiatus between himself and his advocates…

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

…On his second appeal to this Court, the appellant exhibited a curious reticence in lodging his memorandum of appeal, and over a year’s delay in the hearing was caused by an alleged hiatus between himself and his advocates…

…The appellant's advocate stated Olaga went for the appellant with the mattock first and the appellant repeats this in his memorandum of appeal. Otherwise the facts were agreed.…

…That power should be sparingly used, and only in the clearest cases, such as an appeal based entirely on points of fact, raising no questions of law, and not where, as in this case, the memorandum of appeal raised substantial…

…The case was argued by Mr Khakula on behalf of the appellant, following his second Memorandum of Appeal, on the basis that neither the trial magistrate nor the learned first appellate judge gave any or adequate consideration…

…The memorandum of appeal contains ve grounds of appeal. If I may say so without disrespect to counsel, they are not particularly weighty ones.…

…Mr Menezes, the advocate for Mohamed Mahmoud Jabane, the appellant defendant (Jabane) in the memorandum of appeal has complained that: “7.…