Uganda Case Law

Rex v Chepsiror

Rex v Chepsiror (Criminal Appeal No. 111 of 1940) [1940] EACA 22 (1 January 1940)

Court

East African Court of Appeal

Case number

Criminal Appeal No. 111 of 1940

Judge

Webb CJ, Whitley CJ, Wilson J

The court held that a dying declaration recorded in writing by a magistrate was admissible when the magistrate testified to it, even though the deceased did not sign it.

• Admissibility Of Evidence
• Dying Declaration
• Extra Judicial Statement
• Criminal Procedure
• Murder Trial
• Dying-declaration