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…This was not, however, put in cross-examination to any of the police witnesses, and none of those documents were produced, as we would have expected, remembering that the appellant was professionally defended at the trial…

…This was reiterated by P C Thimbu under cross-examination by Mr Azangalala.…

…He said so in his evidence in chief and repeated it when the matter was raised in cross examination. The evidence of PW3 is very clear.…

…In the instant case there was no formal refusal to allow the cross-examination but the 2nd appellant was unrepresented.…

…In cross examination, PW1 claried that the deceased had come home with the appellant on 20th December, 2010.…

…In cross examination, the appellant did not challenge PW2’s testimony on how she came to live in the deceased’s house and the fact that she was in the deceased house on the material night when the deceased was killed.…

…It must be remembered that it is made in the absence of the accused and is not subjected to cross-examination.…

…During cross-examination, he denied shouting that the deceased was a thief and repeated that the evidence of PW1 was false.…

…In the case giving rise to this appeal PW1 said during cross-examination:- “Deceased and accused are my customers” And during re-examination he said “Both deceased and accused were my friends.”…

…During cross-examination, he denied shouting that the deceased was a thief and repeated that the evidence of PW1 was false.…

…In the case giving rise to this appeal PW1 said during cross-examination:- “Deceased and accused are my customers” And during re-examination he said “Both deceased and accused were my friends.”…

…He testified in hisevidence in cross examination that he does not know who was driving thedefendants motor vehicle but the owner is the defendant. He further testifiedthat defendants driver was prosecuted by police.…

…This aspect was not put to her in cross-examination. The discrepancy here is that CPL Opiyo, the Investigating Officer, said the complainant told him she had been staying in and around Bungoma.…

…Both of them considered the appellant’s defence that he had purchased the land for Kshs 600/= and the house on it for Kshs 1,000/- from the complainant; a matter which she had denied in cross-examination.…

…The answer to this puzzle in this case comes from the cross-examination of these two witnesses.…

…In cross-examination Sarah was asked about Exh l the card - Pass-Book Certificate Account which indicates that Margaret was authorizing Meshack her husband to take the money.…

…The cross-examination of the process server by Mr Otieno for the defendants did not show anything substantial from which this Court could conclude that the process server was lying.…

…But if the fact of service is denied, it is desirable that the process server should be put into the witness box and opportunity of cross-examination given to those who deny the service.”…

…In the cross examination of the respondent, it was suggested to her that she owned plot No 133R Ongata Rongai and not plot No 133B Ongata Rongai.…

…In the course of cross examination of the second appellant, she said that she did not know where plot No 133 B and or 133 R was nor who occupied them, thus conceding that plot No 133 B could belong to the respondent and could…

…The plaintiff was subjected to searching cross-examination by the learned counsel for the first defendant. He stated that he was looking at the road, the road was straight and it was on a clear night.…

…During cross-examination, he denied shouting that the deceased was a thief and repeated that the evidence of PW1 was false.…

…In the case giving rise to this appeal PW1 said during cross-examination:- “Deceased and accused are my customers” And during re-examination he said “Both deceased and accused were my friends.”…

…His evidence is more complicated by his answers under cross examination when he said: “The driver went out of the motor vehicle and joined the lady officer and I saw the driver give her something. I knew it was money.…

…These letters had not been put to the plaintiff’s PW1 in cross-examination and were only introduced into the case after PW1 had left for Germany making his recall both expensive and impracticable.…

…brief is as follows:- PW1 the 1st plaintiff, PW5 a nephew of the 1st plaintiff and uncle to 2nd plaintiff and PW6 brother to 1st plaintiff and uncle to the 2nd plaintiff were firm both in their examination-in-chief and cross-examination…

…In cross-examination he stated:- “I have not cultivated plot No 243 or 1022 as I was not married, I was married in 1980. I have not cultivated it because the defendant refused.”…

…The evidence of the ballistics expert as to his conclusions does not appear to have been seriously challenged in cross-examination.…

…As a recorded police statement, not made on oath, not subject to the test of cross examination, exhibit 122 could not take the place of sworn testimony.…

…He further added that PW5 in his evidence had said during cross examination that he (PW5) almost fought with the third accused when he threatened to take the complainant’s cattle by force and further that it was second accused…