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Johnston v Rex (Criminal Appeal No. 165 of 1951) [1951] EACA 278 (1 January 1951)
The Court held that no appeal lay from a High Court decision on a case stated under the Criminal Procedure Code, except for genuine jurisdictional objections.
Rex v Bamuta (Cr. App. 132/1931.) [1931] EACA 19 (1 January 1931)
The Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa held that it lacked jurisdiction to entertain an appeal from the High Court of Uganda's refusal to issue a writ of habeas corpus in a criminal matter. The Court's appellate jurisdiction is strictly limited by statute to appeals from findings, sentences, or orders made by the High Court in the exercise of its original criminal jurisdiction. Orders made in revision or refusals to grant habeas corpus in criminal matters are not appealable unless expressly provided by law. The Court relied on both local ordinances and persuasive English authorities, concludi…
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