Uganda Case Law

Rex v Etiboiti

Rex v Etiboiti (CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 46 OF 1939) [1939] EACA 124 (1 January 1939)

Court

East African Court of Appeal

Case number

CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 46 OF 1939

Judge

Dalton, C.J(Tanganyika), Sheridan, (C.J. Kenya), Whitley CJ

The Court of Appeal reduced a murder conviction to manslaughter, holding that knowledge of the deceased’s enlarged spleen could not be presumed without proof.

• Murder
• Manslaughter
• Malice
• Intent To Cause Grievous Harm
• Disease Of Victim
• Causation