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…The appellant indicated that he waited to be present at the hearing of the appeal and an order was made for his production at the hearing. On the hearing date, the appellant was absent and unrepresented.…

…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.…

…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.…

…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…

…When the matter eventually came on for hearing he added to his grounds of appeal to the High Court that the learned Judge had failed to address his mind to the first petition of appeal, and the arguments advanced in support…

…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…

…When the matter eventually came on for hearing he added to his grounds of appeal to the High Court that the learned Judge had failed to address his mind to the first petition of appeal, and the arguments advanced in support…

…Simon Nyamai attended the hearing of the appeal and the other appellants did not do so (at their own request).…

…Simon Nyamai added nothing in his submissions during the hearing of the appeal. We must be unmoved by these references to age or health or family obligations by such people.…

…During the hearing of appeal, the applicant was represented. He must have been notified of the result of his appeal either by his advocate or his wife.…

…I refuse this application and order it dismissed and if Mr Aluoch for the applicant is so inclined, he and the prosecution can have the case mentioned before the trial magistrate with a view to getting earlier hearing dates…

…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.…

….…………….RESPONDENT JUDGMENT Two appeals have been consolidated for the purpose of hearing. These are Criminal Appeal No 33 of 1990 filed by Sammy Macharia and Criminal Appeal No 34 of 1990 filed by Kamau Muchiri.…

…At the hearing of the appeals, the learned counsel, Mr Olago-Aluoch has submitted that although the appellants purported to plead guilty, the charge was defective in that it did not disclose the enabling provisions of the…

…For the purpose of hearing these three appeals, they were consolidated.…

…During the hearing of the case before the learned principal magistrate a receipt number 122791 was tendered in the evidence showing that on 12th August 1988 a sum of shs 200/= was collected on the original while a different…

…The Judge adjourned the hearing to the 27th July, 2007 to enable him write a summing-up to the two remaining assessors.…

…When the appeal came up for hearing Mr. Ogada who appeared before me for the appellant submitted that the learned Magistrate erred in convicting his client when the case was not proved to the required standard. Mr.…

…At the hearing of this appeal on 15th June, 1994, Mr Wesa for the appellant submitted that before the appellant assaulted the deceased the latter had already been beaten by the members of the public assembled at Matayo’s…

…Submissions [13] At the hearing of the appeal, learned Counsel for the appellant, Mr. O.…

…This appeal came up for hearing before us on 15 th October, 2013. The appellant appeared in person while the state was represented by Mr. Shabola.…