Uganda Case Law

Rex v Kasanga (Cr. App. No. 77 of 1938.)

Rex v Kasanga (Cr. App. No. 77 of 1938.) [1938] EACA 120 (1 January 1938)

Court

East African Court of Appeal

Case number

Cr. App. No. 77 of 1938.

Judge

Hayden J, Knight-Bruce, AG.C.J. (Tanganyika), Sheridan, (C.J. Kenya)

The court held that a dying declaration is admissible only where the declarant’s own death is in question, allowing the appeal.

• Hearsay Evidence
• Dying Declarations
• Admissibility Of Evidence
• Murder
• Indian Evidence Act Section 32
• Hearsay-evidence