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Masereka v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 5 of 1991) [1992] UGSC 12 (18 December 1992)
The Supreme Court of Uganda quashed Masereka’s murder and kidnapping convictions, finding the murder evidence unsafe and the identification evidence unreliable.
Kisoi and Others v Reginam (Criminal Appeals Nos. 27-35 (inclusive) of 1955) [1955] EACA 347 (1 January 1955)
The Court of Appeal held that an improper amendment made the first appellant’s conviction on one count a nullity, allowed the ninth appellant’s appeal, and dismissed the others.
Meghji v Reginam (Criminal Appeal No. 455 of 1955) [1950] EACA 428 (1 January 1950)
The Court held that section 75 of the Factories Ordinance, 1950, creates a distinct and independent offence for causing injury as a result of a contravention, separate from the offence of failing to fence machinery under section 23(1). The charges are not merely alternative, and both may be properly brought. The inference drawn by the Resident Magistrate that the complainant's injury was caused by the exposed gear-wheels was reasonable and supported by the evidence. The High Court erred in substituting a conviction under section 23(1) and reducing the fine, as the conviction and sentence unde…
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