Search court decisions

…With regard to absence of evidence of service of the order it is not disputed that no evidence to that effect is annexed to the affidavits in support of the motion.…

…There is no evidence at all of the person who served Mr Malakwen on 3rd November, 1993.…

…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 issue of jurisdiction was decided, “on the evidence” before Golf, J.…

…It is immaterial whether the evidence is scanty or limited. Scanty or limited facts constitute the evidence before the court.…

…In this respect I would refer to ss.13 and 51 of the Evidence Act which read: 13.…

…For nearly eighteen (18) years hence, there is no evidence of any conjugal relationship between the deceased and the rst appellant. Indeed, since 1972 there was no evidence of such relationship.…

…When the learned judge reached the evidence of Mr. Njugi he said: “I must confess the evidence of Mr.…

…It was evidence which corroborated Mary Njoki’s evidence, in particular it established her connection with the deceased.…

…It would seem that such finding was made on the basis of the evidence of the mother.…

…Medical evidence, if sought to be adduced, ought to be so done with propriety and not in such slipshod manner. The doctor who examined the complainant should have been called to adduce proper evidence.…

…The main ground in this appeal is on the confession statement which was retracted and repudiated and the corroborative evidence to make it admissible in evidence.…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

…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…

…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 learned Judge erred and misapprehended the evidence of PW 1 Abigail Ondari whose evidence he accepted without testing the same with the totality of the evidence of other witnesses. 7.…

…of Abigail’s evidence, the Judge may reasonably have doubted the veracity of the evidence of Abigail.…

…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.…

…The trial court warned himself of the danger of convicting the appellant on uncorroborated evidence of a child but found that from the evidence on record there was no reasonable doubt that it was the appellant who defiled…

…to the prejudice of the appellant; in failing to sufficiently appraise the evidence of the trial court as was bound to as a first appellate court; in upholding a conviction that was founded on evidence by the prosecution…

…His conviction depended upon two strands of evidence; first, the identification by the sole evidence of the complainant, and secondly the appellant’s possession of a stolen car two days after the incident in the area of Nairobi…

…Whether that is possible, depends upon clear evidence of identification apart from the parade.…

…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.…

…Evidence is not to be pleaded.…

…The previous driver who had the car since morning is unknown and as such did not give evidence. The evidence of the plaintiff has been corroborated by the two defence witness.…

…The appellant’s Memorandum of Appeal does not limit itself to those two grounds, namely that the conviction is against the weight of the evidence or that the sentence is excessive.…

…advocate, Mr Owuor, submitted one witness was an accomplice for which that Court of Appeal could find no evidence to support that submission.…

…As regards the evidence in support of the prosecution case the court below relied on the identification of the appellant by both PW 1 and PW 2.…

…The learned trial magistrate considered all the evidence before him and including the appellant’s defence and was satisfied on the basis of that evidence that it was the appellant who snatched the complainant’s property.…