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Guadensio Dracai v Uganda (Criminal Confirmation 6 of 92) [1992] UGHC 83 (10 April 1992)
The High Court upheld the guilty plea and conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm, but found a three-year sentence too harsh for a first offender and reduced it to two years.
Ismail v Reginam (Criminal Appeal No. 104 of 1954) [1955] EACA 342 (1 January 1955)
The Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa held that the accused bore the burden of proving a valid firearm certificate, and dismissed the criminal appeal.
Shah v Reginam (Criminal Appeal No. 273 of 1955) [1950] EACA 410 (1 January 1950)
Second appeal on firearms, corruption, and burden of proof. The court treated unlawful possession of ammunition as an absolute offence and allowed the corruption count on misdirection.
Rex v Kase (Criminal Appeal No. 1777 of 1944) [1945] EACA 58 (1 January 1945)
The court held that a later amendment increasing the penalty for unlicensed firearms possession did not apply retroactively to an earlier offence.
