Uganda Case Law

Gichinga v Regina

Gichinga v Regina (Criminal Appeal No. 738 of 1951) [1952] EACA 319 (1 January 1952)

Court

East African Court of Appeal

Case number

Criminal Appeal No. 738 of 1951

Judge

De Lestang J, Windham J

The court held that the appellant’s guilty plea to arson was not unequivocal because the facts did not clearly show the burning was unlawful. Conviction quashed and retrial ordered.

• Arson
• Unequivocal Plea
• Ownership Of Property
• Unlawful Act
• Endangerment
• Retrial