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…Ong’undi, Esq, P.M.) in Criminal Case No 189 of 1989) Evidence – secondary evidence – notice to produce a document – Evidence Act (cap 80) section 69 – to whom such notice is given – when such notice can be dispensed with…

…Evidence – expert evidence – evidence of document examiner and handwriting expert – how such evidence should be treated by the court Crimes – fraudulent false accounting–– Penal Code (cap 63) section 330(a) – entries in a…

…Eight witnesses altogether gave evidence at the trial that they recognised the second appellant.…

…He cited the case of Cleophas Otieno Wamunga v Republic (Criminal Appeal No 20 of 1989)where this Court said: “ It is trite law that where the only evidence against a defendant is evidence of identification or recognition…

…The paucity of evidence on the mental element was, made up by what is clearly hearsay evidence.…

…Accordingly, the evidence narrated to the court about what the informant told the police was inadmissible as hearsay evidence and ought to have been rejected by the trial court. That evidence was not excluded.…

…The evidence adduced was collaborated in material aspects by the evidence of an independent witness who was found by the magistrate to be honest and the evidence could therefore not be impeached. 2.…

…Mr Gatonye did not give hearsay evidence.…

…That medical evidence talks of beating in general yet from the evidence the deceased was beaten several times.…

…evidence of Crispo, Phillemon and Charles.…

…The evidence against the appellant was overwhelming as he was identified by the purchaser and an eyewitness to the theft. 2.…

…Then there was the evidence of Francis Lihanda alias Cisco (PW 19) who bought this lorry from the appellant in Western Kenya (Kisumu and Kakamega).…

…In view of the sketchy evidence of the eyewitnesses and the sketch plan, which seemed consistent with either version, the evidence of the turnboys was of importance and the magistrate should have given opportunity for the…

…The absence of such evidence materially prejudiced the appellant. 2.…

…There was no expert evidence to show what speed was implied by the 44.50 meter skid marks. 3.…

…At the point of the accident the road is straight and the evidence is that the weather was good. Further evidence by the motor vehicle examiner suggested that the appellants’s matatu did not have any preaccident defect.…

…by the evidence of Matundura and Malika.…

…The trial court had accepted the evidence of the complainant, his mother and his brother, and despite the discrepancies as to time and place, there was evidence to support that decision.…

…The main ground in this appeal is on the confession statement which was retracted and repudiated and the corroborative evidence to make it admissible in evidence.…

…The link in the evidence leading to the blood-stain is missing and to rely on the bloodstain as corroborative evidence which evidence was not shown to have proved the guilt of the appellant would be unsafe.…

…Where the only evidence against a defendant is evidence of identification or recognition, a trial court is enjoined to examine such evidence carefully and to be satisfied that the circumstances of identification were favourable…

…Evidence of visual identification in criminal cases can bring about miscarriage of justice and it is of vital importance that such evidence is examined carefully to minimize this danger.…

…that evidence.…

…statements and evidence.…

…What we must consider however, is whether the absence of his evidence adversely affects the evidence of the other eyewitnesses as proof beyond reasonable doubt of the offence with which the appellant was charged.…

…With respect to the lack of ballistic evidence connecting the shot alleged to have been fired by the appellant which caused the death of the deceased, there is the uncontroverted medical evidence that the deceased died of…

…As such they could not betaken as evidence against the other, even to the limited extent permitted by section 32 of the Evidence Act (cap 80).…

…30 of the Indian Evidence Act (now section 32 of cap 80).…

…The appellant’s contention in this appeal is on the grounds that the two courts below erred in law in not treating Mr Barlow’s evidence as that of an accomplice; the evidence of Samson Onyango (PW 2) was not impartial as…

…of PW 1 has been strongly corroborated by the evidence of PW 3, PW 5 and PW 7”.…

…The Evidence Act (section 124, cap 80).…

…of a child of tender years and had also overlooked significant items of evidence bearing on the reliability of her evidence the conviction could not stand.…

…The Evidence Act (section 124, cap 80).…

…of a child of tender years and had also overlooked significant items of evidence bearing on the reliability of her evidence the conviction could not stand.…

…There was a number of defects in the evidence in the trial. There was no evidence, for instance of robbery as defined in Section 296(1) of the Penal Code on count two.…

…that the evidence is reliable, then after paying attention to the warning, he may nevertheless convict.…

…All this was circumstantial evidence against the first appellant.…

…An offence like murder can be established by evidence tendered directly proving it or by evidence of facts from which a reasonable person can draw the inference that murder had been committed.…