Uganda Case Law

Rex v Kachilichili

Rex v Kachilichili (Criminal Appeal No. 157 of 1946) [1946] EACA 62 (1 January 1946)

Court

East African Court of Appeal

Case number

Criminal Appeal No. 157 of 1946

Judge

De Lestang, Ag. J, Sheridan CJ

The court held that suspicion alone does not shift the burden to an accused in an unlawful possession of stock case; the prosecution must first show circumstances reasonably suggesting theft.

• Unlawful Possession Of Stock
• Burden Of Proof
• Proclaimed District Offences
• Unlawful-possession-of-stock
• Burden-of-proof
• Proclaimed-district-offences