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…This was preferred during the course of the hearing and substituted for the original of attempted rape.…

…He was, we think, then disqualified from hearing the case and should have transferred it to another magistrate of competent jurisdiction.…

…The applicant applied to be released on bond pending the hearing and determination of the case.…

…application, the applicant was previously charged with the same offence before the Chief Magistrate’s Court Nakuru before the proceedings were terminated and then transferred to the Naivasha Chief Magistrate’s Court for fresh hearing…

…grounds under which the application was made are that the accused and all the witnesses are residents of Eldoret and it would be unduly expensive for them to keep on traveling to Naivasha whenever the case comes up for hearing…

…It would not be in the interest of justice to have the accused and witnesses travel long distances for the hearing of the case. That would be expensive and may also cause delay in the finalisation of the matter.…

…material in the circumstances of the case which could raise a reasonable doubt whether the conviction was right or lead him to the opinion that the sentence ought to be reduced, the appeal may, without being set down for hearing…

…We direct that the appellant's appeal to the High Court be returned for a judge to admit it to hearing. Dated and delivered at Nakuru this 20th day of February, 1995. A.M. AKIWUMI ………………… JUDGE OF APPEAL P.K.…

…This is an after thought and although his appeal should correctly, have been admitted to hearing in view of that ground, no court would have accepted his belated explanation in the light of his unequivocal plea of guilty…

…No purpose would, therefore, be served by sending back this appeal to the High Court for admission for hearing.…

…When the two appellants’ appeals from the decision of Bhandari J came before this court for hearing it was disclosed that there was in existence a letter from Mr S K M Mwangi dated June 16, 1984 to the prison authorities…

…The advocate further stated that a memorandum of appeal had been filed and that a hearing date was due to be fixed by the High Court registry.…

…A NO 320 of 1990) ORDER OF THE COURT The appellant has not appeared though served with the hearing notice on 15th February, 1993 at 2.15 p.m.…

…At the hearing of the appeals, both of them were, with consent of the appellants, consolidated and heard together as one.…

…The proceedings show that Inspector Chebii continued to prosecute the case upto the date when the hearing was concluded.…

…Moreover, he said, the hearing of the appeal might take a very long time and the appellant might serve his sentence before it is heard.…

…Pursuant to Section 200(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code, I took over the hearing following the transfer of the trial judge to Nairobi.…

…Where a succeeding magistrate commences the hearing of proceedings and part of the evidence has been recorded by his predecessor, the accused person may demand that any witness be resummoned and reheard and the succeeding…

…This conviction was wrong.Accordingly, we allow this appeal, quash the conviction and set aside the sentence of 18 months imprisonment although when this appeal came up for hearing on 22nd September, 1992 the appellant had…

…This conviction was wrong.Accordingly, we allow this appeal, quash the conviction and set aside the sentence of 18 months imprisonment although when this appeal came up for hearing on 22nd September, 1992 the appellant had…

…At the hearing of the appeal a more careful case was presented.…

…question of the motor vehicle KWL 653, which was the subject of an application by the republic before the Chief Justice on February 17, 1986, and was referred by him to the full bench which was then about to continue the hearing…