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…Where a document contains an admission there is provision under Section 23 of the Evidence Act Cap 80 which states: “In all civil cases no admission may be approved if it is made either upon an express condition that evidence…

…I cannot say in the circumstances of the case that there was protection under Section 23 of the Evidence Act. The letter was written in response to a demand notice before action for a specied amount money.…

…The ground on which the petition has been brought is that the company is unable to pa its debts (see sections 219 and 220 of the Companies Act).…

…There is evidence (oral and affidavit ) to show that as at 1st August, 1986 the company was indebted to the Petitioner, for moneys lent and advanced, in the sum of shs 946,615/70 and that on 22nd September, 1986 the necessary…

…Moreover, the necessity of material corroboration of the evidence of child of tender years is not only emphasized in these cases but is a sine qua non under section 124 of the Evidence Act (cap 80) to conviction of a person…

…The said section 124 reads as follows: “Notwithstanding the provisions of section 19 of the Oaths and Statutory Declaration Act, where evidence of a child of tender years is admitted in accordance with that section on behalf…

…Evidence under Section 124 of the Evidence Act does not require corroboration. The prosecution does have discretion of who to call as a witness.…

…It was further submitted that under Section 77 of the Evidence Act, any person who qualifies as a medical doctor or clinical officer can produce a P3 form as well as a post rape care form on behalf of another expert unless…

…Evidence Act (cap 80) section 124 January 17, 1991, Wambilyangah Ag J delivered the following Judgment.…

…that the girl in question was only 13 years, (see the P3 form) and where her obvious appearance or physical stature warranted the learned magistrate to treat her as a child of tender years as required by section 124 of the Evidence…

…Act that qualifies treatment of a suspect.…

…Our S.141 of Evidence Act says:- "An accomplice shall be a competent witness against an accused person and a conviction shall not be illegal merely because it proceeds upon the uncorroborated evidence of an accomplice", So…

…Act that qualifies treatment of a suspect.…

…Our S.141 of Evidence Act says:- "An accomplice shall be a competent witness against an accused person and a conviction shall not be illegal merely because it proceeds upon the uncorroborated evidence of an accomplice", So…

…Section 176 of the Evidence Act provides:- “Subject to this Chapter a copy of any entry in a banker’s book shall in all legal proceedings be received as prima facie evidence of such entry, and of the matters transaction and…

…It is said that S 57 (1) of the Evidence Act allows evidence to be admitted that the accused person has committed or been convicted of or charged with any offence other than that with which he is then charged or is of bad…

…In consideration of conviction, the allegation without more that other offences have been committed, even if admissible under the Evidence Act, would be more prejudicial to the accused than probative, and should be excluded…

…If that is so then their evidence requires corroboration by law (section 124 Evidence Act), and they cannot therefore corroborate each other. For that reason only the conviction cannot be sustained.…

…Mr Mburu’s second argument was that the doctrine has no legal sanction particularly in the Evidence Act, Cap 80 Laws of Kenya. Mr Mburu’s attention must have escaped the provisions of S 23 of the Act.…

…It is regretted that due to the lapse of time and misapprehension of the effect of S.47 of the Evidence Act, which necessitated an appeal and the failure of the court of appeal to deal with the matter on the basis of the…

…proceedings of the lower court which were produced by the consent of the parties under S.61 of the Evidence Act as the parties had agreed to rely thereon during the proceedings, the parties herein have been seriously handicapped…

…It is regretted that due to the lapse of time and misapprehension of the effect of S.47 of the Evidence Act, which necessitated an appeal and the failure of the court of appeal to deal with the matter on the basis of the…

…proceedings of the lower court which were produced by the consent of the parties under S.61 of the Evidence Act as the parties had agreed to rely thereon during the proceedings, the parties herein have been seriously handicapped…

…This is not only logical and circumstantially necessary but would also lay the foundation required to have the report sensibly produced under section 77 of the Evidence Act as it would finally turn out.…

…This court has therefore to assume in favour of the prosecution that it was so produced under section 77 of the Evidence Act. But as I said in answer to a similar issue in Mombasa HCCR.A.…

…Nor was it permissible under section 57(1) of the Evidence Act (cap 80) to give evidence that the appellant had been convicted of the theft of the car. It proved nothing and was highly prejudicial.…

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

…A 47A of the Evidence Act) Inthis case, there is no evidence that the driver was convicted. All plaintiffstated is that the driver was prosecuted. He does not say in which trafficcase and the result of the prosecution.…

…It was submitted by counsel for the appellant that these witnesses (PW6 and PW7) were accomplices and it was not safe to convict on their evidence without the necessary caution or to act on such evidence without corroboration…

…found their evidence as falling within the rare exception where the accomplice evidence is exceptionally cogent and credit worthy, in which case it would be safe to convict without corroboration (see section 141 of the Evidence…

…Mr Chunga in particular referred to paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 of the affidavit as being totally hearsay, the Court does not act upon hearsay evidence he said.…

…The definition of fact (in the Evidence Act) does not restrict a fact to something which can be exhibited as a material object.…