Uganda Case Law

Rex v Luwanya and Another (Cr. Apps. Nos. 75 & 76 of 1938.)

Rex v Luwanya and Another (Cr. Apps. Nos. 75 & 76 of 1938.) [1938] EACA 122 (1 January 1938)

Court

East African Court of Appeal

Case number

Cr. Apps. Nos. 75 & 76 of 1938.

Judge

Knight-Bruce, AG.C.J. (Tanganyika), Sheridan, (C.J. Kenya), Whitley CJ

The Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa dismissed murder conviction appeals, refused a retrial for an absent defence witness, and excluded deceased-fear statements as inadmissible hearsay.

• Admissibility Of Evidence
• Hearsay Exceptions
• Right To Call Witnesses
• Murder Conviction
• Retrial Standard
• Criminal-evidence