Uganda Case Law

Yusuf v Rex (Cr. App. 33/1929.)

Yusuf v Rex (Cr. App. 33/1929.) [1929] EACA 140 (1 January 1929)

Court

East African Court of Appeal

Case number

Cr. App. 33/1929.

Judge

Barth, C.J (Kenya), Pickering, C.J. (Zanzibar), Sheridan CJ

The Court of Appeal held that medical reports and death certificates need extrinsic proof of professional duty to be admissible under section 32 of the Indian Evidence Act.

• Admissibility Of Evidence
• Hearsay Exceptions
• Dying Declaration
• Professional Duty
• Documentary Evidence
• Admissibility-of-evidence