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…This was preferred during the course of the hearing and substituted for the original of attempted rape.…

…He was, we think, then disqualified from hearing the case and should have transferred it to another magistrate of competent jurisdiction.…

…The applicant applied to be released on bond pending the hearing and determination of the case.…

…application, the applicant was previously charged with the same offence before the Chief Magistrate’s Court Nakuru before the proceedings were terminated and then transferred to the Naivasha Chief Magistrate’s Court for fresh hearing…

…He therefore stated that the applicant should prove its claim at the hearing of the petition and denied that the deceased’s estate was being wasted.…

…Whatever amount it is, that claim can only be established upon hearing viva voce evidence when the petition and the other pending applications will be listed for hearing.…

…grounds under which the application was made are that the accused and all the witnesses are residents of Eldoret and it would be unduly expensive for them to keep on traveling to Naivasha whenever the case comes up for hearing…

…It would not be in the interest of justice to have the accused and witnesses travel long distances for the hearing of the case. That would be expensive and may also cause delay in the finalisation of the matter.…

…The court made the order asked for and the plaintiff’s suit was dismissed even though the particulars had been supplied before the hearing date of the defendant’s application, and notwithstanding also the plaintiff’s offer…

…we would allow the appeal, set aside the order made by the learned judge, and direct that, subject to any further necessary interlocutory applications whether relating to particulars or other matters, the suit proceed to hearing…

…When this application came up for hearing on 11th March, 2002 a consent order was recorded to the effect that the boundary be fixed as prayed.…

…He said that the suit should go on to full hearing so that the surveyors can be cross-examined as there was a Defence and a counter-claim.…

…material in the circumstances of the case which could raise a reasonable doubt whether the conviction was right or lead him to the opinion that the sentence ought to be reduced, the appeal may, without being set down for hearing…

…We direct that the appellant's appeal to the High Court be returned for a judge to admit it to hearing. Dated and delivered at Nakuru this 20th day of February, 1995. A.M. AKIWUMI ………………… JUDGE OF APPEAL P.K.…

…On the application of the applicant’s counsel this matter is hereby transferred to Nakuru High Court for hearing and disposal. 2.…

…That there be a stay of the subordinate Court’s order pending the hearing and final determination of the originating motion to be heard today at 3:00 p.m. before the Nakuru High Court.…

…When the two appellants’ appeals from the decision of Bhandari J came before this court for hearing it was disclosed that there was in existence a letter from Mr S K M Mwangi dated June 16, 1984 to the prison authorities…

…The advocate further stated that a memorandum of appeal had been filed and that a hearing date was due to be fixed by the High Court registry.…

…a defendant or a defendant’s agent has been convicted by a Court of law such defendant would not be right to say that he has been ambushed or taken by surprise when such conviction is introduced and provoked during the hearing…

…Plaintiff still complains of pains on shoulders, chest and loss of hearing in right ear. Doing the best I can I would assess general damages at Shs 125,000/-.…

…A NO 320 of 1990) ORDER OF THE COURT The appellant has not appeared though served with the hearing notice on 15th February, 1993 at 2.15 p.m.…

…However, when the case came up for hearing on April 8, 2003, Mr. Makori who was holding brief for Mr. Manek for the Defendant sought adjournment to enable Mr. Manek to apply to withdraw from acting for the Defendant.…

…The hearing then proceeded without the participation of the Defendant.…

…At the hearing of the appeals, both of them were, with consent of the appellants, consolidated and heard together as one.…

…The proceedings show that Inspector Chebii continued to prosecute the case upto the date when the hearing was concluded.…

…The appellant at first filed a defence denying liability to the respondent but when the case came up for hearing before the High Court (Aganyanya, J) on the 20th February, 1989, a consent order was entered and the terms of…

…Disturbed hearing in the right ear with reduction of visual acuity in the right eye. 3. Compression fracture of the Lumbar IV vertebral body with residual backaches and paraesthesia of the left thigh.…

…Pursuant to Section 200(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code, I took over the hearing following the transfer of the trial judge to Nairobi.…

…During the hearing of this appeal, Counsel for the appellant argued ground number 2 and number 4 and raised the following issues.…

…This conviction was wrong.Accordingly, we allow this appeal, quash the conviction and set aside the sentence of 18 months imprisonment although when this appeal came up for hearing on 22nd September, 1992 the appellant had…

…Where a succeeding magistrate commences the hearing of proceedings and part of the evidence has been recorded by his predecessor, the accused person may demand that any witness be resummoned and reheard and the succeeding…

…The application came for hearing before Khamoni, J on the 10th April, 1990, and in a reserved ruling delivered on the 17th April, 1990, the learned judge dismissed the application with costs.…