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…In the memorandum of appeal he lists at least nine grounds upon which he intends to take up in the appeal. A casuary glance at the grounds raised I am satisfied that the appeal is not frivolous.…

…Consequently, I hereby grant the applicant leave to file his Memorandum of appeal within 14 days from the date of this order. Dated and delivered at Kisumu on this 19th day of March, 1999. E.…

…In the memorandum of appeal he lists at least nine grounds upon which he intends to take up in the appeal. A casuary glance at the grounds raised I am satisfied that the appeal is not frivolous.…

…Consequently, I hereby grant the applicant leave to file his Memorandum of appeal within 14 days from the date of this order. Dated and delivered at Kisumu on this 19th day of March, 1999. E.…

…The appellant’s Memorandum of Appeal to this Court was filed in its Nakuru sub-registry on January 23rd 1984, (almost another two months lost there) and we are now hearing this appeal 6 months later.…

…The appellant’s Memorandum of Appeal does not limit itself to those two grounds, namely that the conviction is against the weight of the evidence or that the sentence is excessive.…

…This point, however has not been taken in the appellant’s memorandum of appeal, neither, in our view, could it be, as it did not form part of the prosecution case but was volunteered from the dock by the appellant.…

…Mr Azangalala also alleged in his memorandum of appeal that the magistrate had misdirected himself as regards the burden of proof and had failed specifically to state that he found the charge proved against the appellant…

…This appeal arose from that decision and was filed in court on 5th September, 2000, in a memorandum of appeal which listed 10 grounds of appeal.…

…According to the memorandum of appeal; the Magistrate ignored the appellant’s defence, evidence and the submissions; that she did not consider all the evidence and that she failed to apply correct legal principles in determining…

…Gatonye filed a petition (he called it a memorandum!)…

…of appeal with five grounds: that the plea was not unequivocal because the facts reproduced did not disclose an offence that the date of the offence in the charge sheet differed with that in the P3 form.…

…In his memorandum of appeal, the appellant invites us to reverse the judgment and award him damages on the various heads claimed in the plaint. We are satisfied those claims were based on a mistaken view of the law.…

…The appellant’s first memorandum of appeal contained eleven grounds.…

…On his second appeal to this Court, the appellant exhibited a curious reticence in lodging his memorandum of appeal, and over a year’s delay in the hearing was caused by an alleged hiatus between himself and his advocates…

…The appellant’s first memorandum of appeal contained eleven grounds.…

…On his second appeal to this Court, the appellant exhibited a curious reticence in lodging his memorandum of appeal, and over a year’s delay in the hearing was caused by an alleged hiatus between himself and his advocates…

…Notwithstanding the number of grounds of appeal stated in the memorandum of appeal, the main complaint by the appellant before us was that the learned Judge erred in law and in fact in holding that the defendant had proved…

…After the submissions were filed, the judges wrote and delivered the following judgment on 7th August, 2001:- “We have duly perused the memorandum of appeal, the record of appeal and these we have fully considered in the…

…He, also stated that the intended appeal was not frivolous and referred me to the draft memorandum of appeal annexed to the record of the notice of motion. Mr.…

…I have seen and perused the draft memorandum of appeal annexed to the application. Without saying any more, I cannot say the intended appeal is frivolous. It is in my view arguable. Mr.…

…He argued grounds 1,2 and 3 of Memorandum of Appeal together stating that under the Sale Agreement time was of the essence.…

…On grounds 7 to 11 of the Memorandum of Appeal, Mr Gatonye submitted that the trial judge misdirected himself firstly by considering the issue of vacant possession when it was not pleaded or one of the agreed issues.…

…The appellant's advocate stated Olaga went for the appellant with the mattock first and the appellant repeats this in his memorandum of appeal. Otherwise the facts were agreed.…

…He has listed 4 grounds in his Memorandum of Appeal namely:- 1. That the trial Magistrate erred in both law and fact by convicting him on a single evidence without any corroboration. 2.…

…Nothing was said about the sentence, but in the memorandum of appeal, the sentence was described as, unwarranted and excessive.…

…He has not attached the Memorandum of appeal in that appeal. Nor has he attached any other evidence to show that the appeal had been filed and it is still pending.…

…In ground one of the Memorandum of Appeal, the appellant complained that the learned judge erred in failing to exercise his discretion in the appellant’s favour.…

…Ground 1 of the Memorandum of Appeal fails.…

…This is the decision the appellant was aggrieved with and which prompted him to lodge this appeal to this Court through his home made memorandum of appeal on 8th April, 2008. It had 5 grounds of appeal, namely:- “1.…

…Kwengu, learned counsel for the appellant submitted before us on the basis of the memorandum of appeal drawn by the appellant that the evidence adduced against the appellant was not scrutinized and the motive of murder was…