Uganda Case Law

Majelo v Reginam

Majelo v Reginam (Criminal Appeal No. 159 of 1956) [1950] EACA 576 (1 January 1950)

Court

East African Court of Appeal

Case number

Criminal Appeal No. 159 of 1956

Judge

Briggs (Acting Vice-President), Edmonds J, Worley, P

The Court of Appeal affirmed one murder conviction, quashed another, and held that one omnibus death sentence was unlawful. It also rejected a dying declaration and an uncautioned police statement.

• Murder
• Admissibility Of Evidence
• Dying Declaration
• Judges Rules
• Misjoinder Of Counts
• Dying-declaration