Uganda Case Law

Rex v Eman

Rex v Eman (Criminal Appeal No. 91 of 1945) [1945] EACA 48 (1 January 1945)

Court

East African Court of Appeal

Case number

Criminal Appeal No. 91 of 1945

Judge

Horne J, Lucie-Smith, J. (Kenya)

The court held that a magistrate who investigated and directed a prosecution was not disqualified absent actual bias, but the conviction failed because prosecutorial consent was missing.

• Corrupt Practices
• Judicial Bias
• Prosecutorial Consent
• Magistrate Powers
• Judicial-bias
• Criminal-procedure