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Butt v Queen (criminal Appeal No. 200 of 1954) [1954] EACA 175 (1 January 1954)
The court upheld a conviction for official corruption, finding no prejudice from amending the charge to use “X” and no error in the three-year sentence.
Bashir v Rex (Criminal Appeal No. 328 of 1950) [1950] EACA 88 (1 January 1950)
The East African Court of Appeal held that defective charges and failure to take a fresh plea after an altered charge prejudiced the accused, so the trial was a nullity.
Rex v Chagona (Criminal Appeal No. 409 of 1948) [1948] EACA 78 (1 January 1948)
The court dismissed a criminal appeal despite defects in the charge particulars and the magistrate’s record, finding no prejudice or failure of justice.
Rex v Nathoo (Criminal Appeal No. 71 of 1946) [1946] EACA 34 (1 January 1946)
The Court of Appeal held that failure to comply with section 209 of Kenya’s Criminal Procedure Code was not fatal because it caused no prejudice or failure of justice.
Rex v Bakari (Criminal Appeal No. 110 of 1940) [1940] EACA 20 (1 January 1940)
The Court of Appeal held that an information for entering a dwelling-house with intent to commit a felony should specify the intended felony, but the defect was not fatal without prejudice.
Rex v Banyanga (Cr. App. No. 167/1937) [1938] EACA 42 (1 January 1938)
The Court held that a retrial ordered in revision without hearing the accused was prejudicial and invalid, so the second conviction was quashed.
