Uganda Case Law

Gathoga and Another v Regina

Gathoga and Another v Regina (Criminal Appeals Nos. 1696 and 1699 of 1953 (consolidated)) [1953] EACA 41 (1 January 1953)

Court

East African Court of Appeal

Case number

Criminal Appeals Nos. 1696 and 1699 of 1953 (consolidated)

Judge

De Lestang J, Hearne CJ

The court quashed convictions for membership in an unlawful society, holding that an accused cannot be convicted on irrelevant evidence without particulars.

• Illegal Societies
• Unlawful Oath
• Penal Code Section 62
• Penal Code Section 71
• Evidence Relevance
• Particulars Of Offence