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Afumu and Another v Regina (Criminal Appeals Nos. 625 and 626 of 1953) [1953] EACA 50 (1 January 1953)
The court held that evidence taken in the absence of an accused, without dispensation of attendance, made the second appellant’s trial illegal.
Afumu and Another v Regina (Criminal Appeal No. 625 of 1953; Criminal Appeal No. 626 of 1953) [1953] EACA 1 (1 January 1953)
The court held that trying the second appellant in his absence was illegal, allowed his appeal, and reduced the first appellant’s sentence.
Rex v Ngechu (Criminal Appeal No. 70 of 1948) [1948] EACA 60 (1 January 1948)
The court upheld a guilty plea conviction but reduced sentence, holding that previous convictions cannot be relied on from a magistrate’s personal knowledge alone.
