Uganda Case Law

Rex v Wandera

Rex v Wandera (Criminal Appeal No: 121 of 1948) [1948] EACA 33 (1 January 1948)

Court

East African Court of Appeal

Case number

Criminal Appeal No: 121 of 1948

Judge

Edwards CJ, Gray CJ, Nihill P

The court held that, to sustain a conviction under section 208 (1) of the Uganda Penal Code for attempting unlawfully to cause death, there must be clear proof of a positive intention to cause death. The evidence, including the circumstances of a scuffle and the appellant being beaten by several persons, raised considerable doubt as to whether the appellant acted with such intent. The benefit of reasonable doubt must be given to the accused, leading to the quashing of the conviction and sentence under section 208 (1). However, the evidence established that the appellant intended to cause grie…

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• Attempted Homicide
• Provocation
• Unlawful Wounding
• Intent To Cause Grievous Harm

Rex v Etiboiti

Rex v Etiboiti (CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 46 OF 1939) [1939] EACA 124 (1 January 1939)

Court

East African Court of Appeal

Case number

CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 46 OF 1939

Judge

Dalton, C.J(Tanganyika), Sheridan, (C.J. Kenya), Whitley CJ

The Court of Appeal reduced a murder conviction to manslaughter, holding that knowledge of the deceased’s enlarged spleen could not be presumed without proof.

• Murder
• Manslaughter
• Malice
• Intent To Cause Grievous Harm
• Disease Of Victim
• Causation