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Criminal Law [1940] EACA 8

Rex v Mengech

Rex v Mengech (Criminal Appeal No. 158 of 1939) [1940] EACA 8 (1 January 1940)

Court
East African Court of Appeal
Case number
Criminal Appeal No. 158 of 1939
Judge
Sheridan CJ, Webb CJ, Whitley CJ

The Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa held that a statutory statement certificate did not need verbatim compliance with section 219(4) if it substantially complied with the Code.

  • Statutory Statement Certification
  • Criminal Procedure Code Interpretation
  • Admissibility Of Evidence
  • Criminal-procedure
  • Statutory-statements
  • Evidence-admissibility
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Criminal Law [1940] EACA 25

Rex v Machoka

Rex v Machoka (Criminal Appeal No. 174 of 1940) [1940] EACA 25 (1 January 1940)

Court
East African Court of Appeal
Case number
Criminal Appeal No. 174 of 1940
Judge
Lucie-Smith, J. (Kenya), Sheridan CJ, Whitley CJ

The court held that an improperly certified statutory statement could still be admitted when the magistrate testified it complied with section 219. The appeal was dismissed.

  • Admissibility Of Evidence
  • Statutory Statement Certification
  • Procedural Compliance
  • Mitigating Circumstances
  • Witchcraft Defence
  • Criminal-evidence
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