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…REPUBLIC OF KENYA Kamau v Republic High Court, at Nairobi August 29, 1985 Owuor J & Schofield J Criminal Appeal No 1236 of 1984 (Appeal from the Senior Resident Magistrate’s Court at Nairobi, J A Mango, Esq) Advocates Appellant…

…Both appellants were represented at their trial by Mr S K M Mwangi, advocate, and the date of their respective sentences was the March 27, 1984.…

…The reason each appellant gave for the delay in preparing his appeal until July, 1984, (not July, 1983, as the record erroneously states) was that he was waiting to hear from his advocate, meaning Mr S K M Mwangi.…

…The fact that the appellant was represented by an advocate did not discharge the trial Magistrate from his statutory duty to the appellant.…

…This remains the same whether or not the appellant was represented by an advocate who also failed to point the failures out to the court.…

…Njeru, his learned advocate.…

…What the appellant's advocate meant was perhaps an accomplice evidence but even if PW.2 was to be an accomplice the learned magistrate was not to be precluded from relying on it even from convicting on it.…

…Njeru, his learned advocate.…

…What the appellant's advocate meant was perhaps an accomplice evidence but even if PW.2 was to be an accomplice the learned magistrate was not to be precluded from relying on it even from convicting on it.…

…At the close of the prosecution case the appellant’s advocate told the court that the defence would be an alibi. The appellant made an unsworn statement in court.…

…In the instant appeal the appellant contends through his advocate, Mr Gakuhi, that his plea of guilty was equivocal and therefore a conviction was improperly had.…

…Magolo advocate has preferred 5 grounds of appeal which he argued on two main grounds.First he said sentence was excessive.…