Uganda Case Law

Rex v Gabriel (Cr. App. No. 111/1935.)

Rex v Gabriel (Cr. App. No. 111/1935.) [1936] EACA 36 (1 January 1936)

Court

East African Court of Appeal

Case number

Cr. App. No. 111/1935.

Judge

Abrahamas, C.J. (Tanganyika), Fretz, Ag. C.J. (Zanzibar), Sheridan CJ

The court held that a deceased’s statement was not admissible as a dying declaration because there was no proof of belief in impending death. The conviction was quashed.

• Admissibility Of Evidence
• Dying Declarations
• Misreception Of Evidence
• Murder Trial
• Cross Examination
• Burden Of Proof