Search judgments by proposition, citation, court, judge or legal topic, then move directly into the source-grounded case analysis.
Results update automatically as you type.
Uganda decisions
Decisions matching the current search
Kisiangani v Reginam (Criminal Appeal No. 985 of 1954) [1955] EACA 344 (1 January 1955)
The Court set aside a conviction because the District Commissioner who consented to prosecute later tried the same case, undermining the appearance of impartial justice.
Njeroge v Regina (Crimihal Appeal No. 1697 of 1953) [1953] EACA 40 (1 January 1953)
Conviction for Mau Mau membership quashed because it rested solely on uncorroborated accomplice evidence, with no independent corroboration.
Churia v Regina (Criminal Appeal No. 1774 of 1953) [1953] EACA 22 (1 January 1953)
The appeal succeeded because the charge was misleading, the burden of proof had been wrongly shifted, and the conviction rested on unsafe accomplice evidence.
Njeroge v Regina (Criminal appeal No. 1697 of 1953) [1953] EACA 36 (1 January 1953)
The court quashed a conviction for membership in the Mau Mau society because it rested solely on uncorroborated accomplice evidence.
Churia v Regina (Criminal Appeal No. 1774 of 1953) [1953] EACA 39 (1 January 1953)
The Court of Appeal allowed a criminal appeal, holding a charge under section 71(b) was defective, the burden never shifted, and uncorroborated accomplice evidence was unsafe.
Mbocha v Regina (Criminal Appeal No. 478 of 1953) [1953] EACA 29 (1 January 1953)
The court held that proceedings for security for good behaviour were a nullity because the required information on oath had not been given, and set aside the committal order.
Kimani v Rex (Criminal Appeal No. 199 of 1950) [1951] EACA 139 (1 January 1951)
The Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa upheld a conviction for administering an unlawful oath, holding the complainant was not an accomplice and that judicial notice could be taken of the proscription notice.
