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…A notice to produce secondary evidence under section 69 of the Evidence Act (cap 80) is given to an adverse party who has the document in question or under whose power the document is.…

…They both say that copies were relied upon in disregard of the provisions of section 69 of the Evidence Act.…

…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…

…Mr Muhia thereafter referred us to Section 25 and Section 28(b) of the Evidence Act and urges us to uphold his contention that the appellant’s confession could not, in law, be proved against him. 5.…

…That being the case, in the present case, on the basis of Section 28(b) of the Evidence Act, the material statements ought to have been excluded in the consideration whether or not the prosecution had proved the case against…

…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…

…As such they could not betaken as evidence against the other, even to the limited extent permitted by section 32 of the Evidence Act (cap 80).…

…Tibanyendela (1948) 15 EACA 111 it was held that extra judicial statements by co-accused which exculpate themselves and implicate one or more of their co-accused are not admissible in evidence under section 30 of the Indian Evidence…

…re-evaluate the entire evidence and find that there was no evidence to convict; by passing a conviction and sentence based on the doctrine of recent possession; by failing to observe the contraventions of section 163(c) of the Evidence…

…Act; by failing to comply with section 169 of the Criminal Procedure Code; by basing conviction and sentence on scanty and flawed prosecution evidence; by failing to observe contravention of section Article 50(1) of the…

…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.…

…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…

…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.…

…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.…

…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.…

…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…

…In accordance with Section 112 of the Evidence Act, the burden was upon the appellant to establish the alleged limitation of the policy. The appellant failed in discharging this burden.…

…In other words, did he have the necessary certificate required by the Firearm Act? The evidence shows that he did not.…

…But he referred us to section 175 of the Evidence Act (cap 80) and submitted that even if the hearsay evidence was excluded, there was enough circumstantial evidence to warrant the conviction of the appellants on the charge…

…The attack against this finding is threefold: (1) that it contravenes section 100 of the Evidence Act (cap 80) (2)that Gathaya Mwangi did not corroborate Gitonga; (3)it was used by Kimunye Investments Company to try and save…

…The Evidence Act (section 124, cap 80).…

…The Evidence Act (section 124, cap 80).…