Uganda Case Law

Salum v Rex

Salum v Rex (Criminal Appeal No. 138 of 1951) [1951] EACA 217 (1 January 1951)

Court

East African Court of Appeal

Case number

Criminal Appeal No. 138 of 1951

Judge

Lockhart-Smith, J, Nihill P, Worley VP

The Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa upheld exclusion of a deaf mute witness’s evidence, holding the trial judge could reject it where the interpretation method was too crude.

• Admissibility Of Evidence
• Competency Of Witnesses
• Deaf Mute Witnesses
• Judicial Discretion
• Admissibility-of-evidence
• Competency-of-witnesses