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Ajwang v Rex (Criminal Appeal No. 129 of 1951) [1951] EACA 251 (1 January 1951)
The court held that a confession’s voluntariness must be determined after hearing both sides, but the improper admission of the statement did not overturn the murder conviction.
Rex v Ruhinda and Others (Criminal Appeals Nos. 128, 129, 130 and 131 of 1948 (Consolidated)) [1948] EACA 31 (1 January 1948)
The convictions for murder against the first, second, and third appellants were upheld because their own statements, corroborated by other evidence, sufficiently established their participation in the crime. However, the evidence against the fourth appellant did not sufficiently corroborate his involvement in the actual killing, as the only supporting testimony was ambiguous and not safe to rely upon. The court found that while the fourth appellant assisted in the removal and hiding of the body and knew of the plot, the evidence did not prove he was an aider or abettor at the time of the murd…
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