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Saeed v Reginam (Criminal Appeal No. 46 of 1953) [1950] EACA 396 (1 January 1950)
The East African Court of Appeal upheld a conviction for attempted murder, holding the jury could infer intent or knowledge from the facts and the appellant’s conduct.
Rex v Owori (Criminal Appeal No. 11 of 1947) [1947] EACA 13 (1 January 1947)
The Court found that while the appellant knowingly placed a grenade in a manner that caused an explosion, there was insufficient evidence to prove he intended to cause death or grievous bodily harm. The absence of motive and the appellant's state of intoxication, combined with his lack of special knowledge about grenades, led the Court to conclude that malice aforethought was not established. However, the act of causing an explosion in the eaves of a house was manifestly unlawful, and the resulting death of Akumu rendered the appellant guilty of manslaughter under Section 192 of the Uganda Pe…
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Rex v Tubere (Criminal Appeal No. 84 of 1945) [1945] EACA 16 (1 January 1945)
The Court of Appeal held that a serious assault with a heavy stick could prove an intention to cause grievous harm and dismissed the murder appeal.
