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…The appellant’s first appeal was summarily rejected. It ought not to have been.…

…The result was that the evidence of identification was highly suspect, proceeding from misdirection’s and non directions, so that not only could the first appellate Court not dismiss the first appeal summarily, the trial…

…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.…

….…….RESPONDENT JUDGEMENT This is an appeal against the summary rejection of the appellant’s first appeal to the High Court under section 352 (2) of the Criminal Procedure Code.…

…The learned Judge thought it fit to summarily reject the first appeal under section 352(2) Criminal Procedure Code.…

…The learned Judge thought it fit to summarily reject the first appeal under section 352(2) Criminal Procedure Code.…

…Thus, as the learned High Court judge said on first appeal the wrong section was quoted in the charge.…

…On first appeal, the sentence was thought lawful, save that it was lucky that the appellant had not been awarded labour or police supervision.…

…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.…

…APPEAL NO. 402 OF 1985) ********************* JUDGMENT OF THE COURT: The appellant's first appeal to the High Court of Kenya at Mombasa was summarily rejected by Aragon, J. under Section 352(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code…

…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 prison sentence of ten years on a first offender looks to us to be extremely severe and we are somewhat disturbed that the learned first appeal judge did not find it fit to interfere.…

…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 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 complaint that he appeared at the identification parade while handcuffed was a live issue both at his trial and on his first appeal. Neither of the two courts below dealt with it satisfactorily.…

…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…

…Her first appeal to the superior court was dismissed. She now comes to us on second appeal.…

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

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