Uganda Case Law

Rex v Anyoro (Cr. App, No. 194 of 1938.)

Rex v Anyoro (Cr. App, No. 194 of 1938.) [1938] EACA 140 (1 January 1938)

Court

East African Court of Appeal

Case number

Cr. App, No. 194 of 1938.

Judge

Bartley J, Sheridan, (C.J. Kenya), Whitley CJ

The court held that the confession made by the appellant to the Chief was not automatically inadmissible under the Evidence Ordinance, Cap. 68, sec. 24. The court found sufficient corroboration of the children's testimony in the appellant's conduct of leading the Chief to the location of the hidden spear. The court concluded that, unless the law is further amended to specifically exclude confessions made to Chiefs, such confessions remain admissible. Accordingly, the conviction was upheld and the appeal dismissed.

Source excerpt

• Admissibility Of Confessions
• Evidence Of Children
• Corroboration
• Murder
• Role Of Chiefs In Evidence