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Criminal Law [1949] EACA 34

Rex v Wabwire

Rex v Wabwire (Criminal Appeal No. 82 of 1949) [1949] EACA 34 (1 January 1949)

The Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa dismissed a murder appeal, holding that a belief in witchcraft alone was not legal provocation without a sudden physical act.

  • Murder
  • Provocation
  • Witchcraft Belief
  • Penal Code Interpretation
  • Criminal-law
  • Legal-provocation
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Criminal Law [1946] EACA 40

Rex v Kisang

Rex v Kisang (Criminal Appeal No. 148 of 1946) [1946] EACA 40 (1 January 1946)

The Court of Appeal upheld a murder conviction entered on the accused’s own plea of guilty, holding that no statute barred such a plea and that witchcraft belief was no defense.

  • Murder
  • Plea Of Guilty
  • Witchcraft Belief
  • Conviction On Plea
  • Guilty-plea
  • Witchcraft
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