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Uganda v Kasumba (Criminal Confirmation 1 of 2024) [2025] UGHC 54 (10 February 2025)
The High Court upheld conviction for cattle theft but revised the sentence, finding the 3-year default prison term illegal and reducing it to one year.
Wa Lakira v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 66 of 1993) [1994] UGHC 89 (10 June 1994)
The conviction for theft was not supported by evidence, as the prosecution failed to prove that the appellant fraudulently took shs. 800,000/= or handled the money as alleged. The transaction between the complainant and appellant was a joint business venture, not a criminal act, and any loss suffered was civil in nature. The trial magistrate misdirected himself by treating a civil dispute as a criminal offence and by imposing an excessive sentence intended to compensate the complainant. The appellant's constitutional right to make an unsworn statement was improperly criticized by the trial ma…
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Rex v Muholi (Con. C. 548/1933.) [1933] EACA 24 (1 January 1933)
The court held that imprisonment in default of compensation under Penal Code section 30 was unauthorized; the remedy was distress and sale under section 318 CPC.
