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Muigai and Another v Regina (Criminal Appeal No. 501 of 1953; Criminal Appeal No. 502 of 1953) [1953] EACA 18 (1 January 1953)
The court upheld convictions for stock theft, holding that possession of the stolen cattle could be inferred from the facts and recent possession.
Gwada v Regina (Criminal Appeal No. 351 of 1952) [1952] EACA 290 (1 January 1952)
The appeal succeeded because the charge was not properly framed under section 10(1) and the magistrate relied on mere suspicion rather than the statutory standard.
Rex v Koech (Criminal Appeal No. 342 of 1948) [1948] EACA 80 (1 January 1948)
Criminal appeal on stock theft, alibi evidence, court-called witness after defence, and sentence reduction. Conviction was upheld, but the term was reduced.
Rex v Oyoo (Criminal Appeal No. 147 Of 1945) [1945] EACA 45 (1 January 1945)
The East African Court of Appeal upheld a conviction for unlawful possession of stock, held the magistrate could call a rebuttal witness, and varied sentence.
Rex v Soiyot (Confirmation Case No. 418 of 1941) [1940] EACA 65 (1 January 1940)
The court confirmed a conviction for unlawful possession of stock, holding that a branded cow found in suspicious circumstances could shift the onus to the accused.
Rex v Nyamwibi (Confirmation Case No. 120 of 1940) [1940] EACA 40 (1 January 1940)
The court set aside a conviction for unlawful possession of stock, holding that suspicion alone did not satisfy section 10’s requirement of circumstances reasonably leading to belief of theft.
Rex v Masaba and Another (Cr. Apps. Nos. 97 and 98 of 1939) [1939] EACA 147 (1 January 1939)
The Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa quashed murder convictions, holding that proof of cattle theft and recent possession did not establish a nexus to the deceased’s death.
Rex v Onyancha (Cr. Conf. Case No. 834/1937) [1938] EACA 193 (1 January 1938)
The East African Court of Appeal held that section 10 of the Stock and Produce Theft (Levy of Fines) Ordinance, 1933 creates a distinct offence, not merely a burden-shifting rule.
Rex v Ngelenu (Cr. Conf. Case No. 67/1939) [1938] EACA 162 (1 January 1938)
The court confirmed a conviction under section 10 of the Stock and Produce Theft (Levy of Fines) Ordinance, holding that the accused had not affirmatively proved lawful possession of the cows.
Rex v Rotich (Cr. Conf. Case No. 251/35.) [1935] EACA 136 (1 January 1935)
The court held that no informer’s award could be made without a fine, and quashed an order directing payment to the Police Rewards and Fines Fund.
