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…It was alleged by the prosecution that he abused the complainant, an assistant chief of his area Mr Evan Nganga PW 1 and threatened to beat him.…

…There were two witnesses called for prosecution.…

…Although the witness said the gun found in the vehicle driven by the 3rd appellant was identical to one of those used in the robbery, he could not identify any of the robbers and obviously the prosecution knew there was insufficient…

…There were two witnesses called for prosecution.…

…Although the witness said the gun found in the vehicle driven by the 3rd appellant was identical to one of those used in the robbery, he could not identify any of the robbers and obviously the prosecution knew there was insufficient…

…There were two witnesses called for prosecution.…

…Although the witness said the gun found in the vehicle driven by the 3rd appellant was identical to one of those used in the robbery, he could not identify any of the robbers and obviously the prosecution knew there was insufficient…

…The trial magistrate after outlining the evidence of the prosecution witness as stated that he believed their evidence but gave no reason for believing it apart from saying that they had nor reason for lying.…

…It was after the trial magistrate had considered and decided on the prosecution evidence, that he rejected the defences as false, again without giving any reasons.…

…In any case where an indictment contains substantive counts and a related conspiracy count, the judge should require the prosecution to justify the joinder, or failing justification, to elect whether to proceed on the substantive…

…The magistrate in that case had called upon the prosecution to justify or elect. That is the order that should have been made in this case.…

…The quotation above relates to the U.K. whose Act of 1956, if it still operates, is longer and wider on subjects but apparently excluding criminal prosecutions.…

…It was incumbent on the prosecution to prove that such rights actually existed.…

…The case for the prosecution against the appellant was that at the material time, he was a postal clerk at Quary Road Post Office, Nairobi. He was working in the money orders section.…

…It was the prosecution case that the appellant and another postal clerk, Wilson Kokeiya Naisamia (original A 3, who was jointly charged with the appellant but was acquitted of the charge), had jointly with the account holder…

…She however found that the prosecution had not proved this and it cannot be said that the accused persons were armed with a dangerous weapon.…

…The Magistrate erred and misdirected herself in both law and fact by failing to recognize the absence of an investigating officer in this case and the fact that in the absence of such an officer was fatal to the prosecution…

…The Magistrate did not believe the appellants on the face of the clear evidence against them from the prosecution and rightly so. The convictions are upheld. The appellants have served the sentence passed.…

…He then appealed to the High Court against both the convictions and sentences and among his grounds of appeal were some challenging his identification by the prosecution witnesses who alleged they saw him among the robbers…

…He then appealed to the High Court against both the convictions and sentences and among his grounds of appeal were some challenging his identification by the prosecution witnesses who alleged they saw him among the robbers…

…The learned trial magistrate, who had the added advantage of seeing and hearing all the witnesses, rejected her defence and accepted the prosecution case.…

…With respect, as Mr Chunga points out, there is evidence from four of the prosecution witnesses that her act was intentional and deliberate and obviously done when her anger had been aroused.…

…It was also in the evidence of the prosecution that the Policemen searched the house immediately after the appellant had escaped from them.…

…The prosecution called eight (8) witnesses.…

…The application was not opposed by the prosecution.…

…The prosecution witnesses agree that there was considerable noise of furniture being thrown about.…

…A jury will be told that the defence of self-defence, where evidence makes its raising possible, will fail only if the prosecution show beyond doubt that what the accused did was not by way of self-defence.…

…The prosecution evidence was that three LPO books were lost in August, 1984 from some Government Ministry after it had been supplied by the Government Printer.…

…The prosecution had called three officers from the Ministry of Health to prove that neither the quotation form (Ex 3) nor the LPO (Ex 1) had emanated from that Ministry.…

…As was said in R v Mitlande (1940) 7 EACA 46 the onus is on the prosecution to prove that the confession was voluntary.…

…It is necessary that all the evidence on which the prosecution case is based should be in the assessors’ presence.…