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…They stated that there was no sufficient evidence to warrant their conviction for robbery with violence.…

…The evidence of PW1 was corroborated by that of PW2 and PW3. There was also the evidence of PW5 even though the P3 Form was filled several days after PW1 was assaulted.…

…Thus the case for the AFC proceeded on a wholly false premise, one which, indeed, was belied by their own evidence.…

…The learned trial judge clearly misapprehended various aspects of the evidence before him and consequently made wrong findings thereon.…

…Section 47A of the Evidence Act cap 80 Laws of Kenya is clear on the point.…

…Under order VI rule 3 Civil Procedure Rules a party need not plead evidence and under order VI rule 7 a party is at liberty to raise or leave out a point of law in his pleadings.…

…The grounds of appeal are mainly that the evidence upon which he was convicted was insufficient and that his confession was retracted and uncorroborated.…

…Mr Nyaga for the state did not support the conviction and on by own assessment of the evidence I am in agreement with both counsels that the conviction was unsafe.…

…The trial magistrate accepted the evidence of the record kept by the technician as well as evidence of the butchers but the appellant had not been issuing receipts any of them.…

…I have carefully gone through all the evidence adduced before the trial court.…

…We are inclined to agree with Mr Otumba’s comments regarding the handwriting evidence.…

…However we are unable to agree with him that there was no evidence supporting that of the complainant.…

…All three appellants and their co-accused gave unsworn evidence which corresponded.…

…Secondly, the evidence of the 1st witness, Wilson Ndeda, appears to have no relation to the offence with which the appellants are charged save to prejudice the mind of the court.…

…There were some differences in the signatures on the petty cash vouchers allegedly signed by the appellant and the learned judge, in our view, quite properly accepted the evidence of Isidora M.J.…

…Romsalves who was at the time of giving evidence no more in the employment of K.G.G.C.U. She had no axe to grind and her evidence was credit-worthy.…

…The learned state counsel Miss Ndirangu concedes that the appeal should not have been summarily rejected and she further drew our attention to there being no evidence of an expert witness in relation to the count on forgery…

…Section 352(2) aforesaid provides: "(2) where an appeal is brought on the ground that the conviction is against the weight of the evidence, or that the sentence is excessive, and it appears to a judge that the evidence is…

…I have considered the grounds of appeal filed by both appellants and the record of the evidence.…

…The complainant did not identify the 1st appellant and the only evidence of the identification of the 1st appellant was that of PW 2 who was an accomplice and also a minor so that his evidence needed corroboration in law…

…The petition contained points like the Learned Trial Magistrate did not record all the evidence tendered (this did not come out clearly in Mr.…

…The evidence shows that only P.W.2 saw him cutting down the crops. The others P.W.3 and 4 did not.…

…That the learned District Magistrate erred in law and in fact in arriving at his judgment without considering and evaluating the evidence tendered by the parties. 3.…

…The trial court did not restate the evidence and Counsel therefore invited this court to find this judgment by the lower court is a nullity.…

…The appellant was represented in the lower court and made no effort to call medical evidence.…

…This statement was not tendered in evidence in the instant case and the learned magistrate had no right to consider it.…

…To attach a supporting affidavit to an application under rule 13(1)(a) would be to introduce evidence which is specifically barred by rule 13(2).…

…The judge thought that these matters should be left to be proved by evidence which would be brought during the trial.…

…It was apparently being contended that the appellant sold the item he took from PW.1, but there was no evidence from anyone that the appellant had sold any such thing to him.…

…The person owning the workshop from which PW.4 recovered the item was not called in Court to give evidence as to the circumstances under which the appellant had delivered the shaving machine arm to his workshop. As Mr.…

…I have considered the evidence on the record and I am satisfied that the appellant was properly convicted.…

…On this evidence the participation in the offence by the appellant is in my view established and I find the conviction proper and it is unheld.…

…It was the plaintiff's evidence that the 1st defendant terminated his services by letter dated 17th April, 1996, which gave him one month's notice.…

…It is the plaintiff's evidence that, the oral agreement toterminate his services, was on condition that the 1st defendant pays to theplaintiff a total sum of Kshs. 471,000 as earlier mentioned.…

…The evidence which was accepted by the trial court was that the appellant attacked the complainant as he was walking home with his girlfriend shortly after midnight.…

…We have, like the trial and first appellate courts, analysed the evidence and are satisfied that the conditions in which the appellant was identified were most favourable and quite free from the possibility of error.…

…The evidence fully justified the conviction recorded against the appellant. He was convicted on sound evidence and his appeal against conviction must fail.…