[RULING]- Civil Procedure and Practice - Order XXXVIII Rules 1,5 and 12 of the Civil Procedure Rules and Section 3A of the Civil Procedure Act - orders of this court for a warrant of attachment of moveble assets before judgment be issued - Orders sought to compel party to furnish security - Whether it has been established by affidavit evidence that there is an intention to sell assets and abscond jurisdiction of the court with aim of defeating appellant's claim - When an order of attachment before judgment can be made - Burden of proof placed on a person seeking for order of attachment before judgment.

[RULING] Civil Practice and Procedure-preliminary objection-jurisdiction-whether the high court has jurisdiction to hear and determine a dispute involving a protected tenancy-Rent Restriction Act (cap.296), Section 4-RES JUDICATA-where the matter has previously been determined by the Rent Tribunal in the first instance and by the High Court on appeal-whether the matter falls under res judicata

Criminal law - stock theft contrary to the Penal Code section 278 - appellant convicted on his own plea of guilty - appeal - whether the plea of guilty was unequivocal - whether the plea had been induced by harassment,threats,and torture

Criminal law - appellant convicted of attempted robbery with violence - concurrent findings of fact made by the trial magistrate and the High Court on appeal - prosecution's evidence leaving a doubt - appellant given the benefit of the doubt - appeal allowed.

[RULING] Judicial review - application for orders of certiorari and prohibition - Order LIII rule 3 (1) of the Civil Procedure Rules - preliminary objection that the motion became fatally defective when it failed to cite the provisions of sections 8 and 9 of the Law Reform Act - the failure to cite the provisions of Sections 8 and 9 of the Law Reform Act is not fatal so long as a party has cited the provisions of Order LIII of the Civil Procedure rules. In any case no prejudice suffered by either side in these proceedings - preliminary objection dismissed.

Criminal law - charges of robbery with violence and illegal possession of firearm and ammunition - CRIMINAL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - where an accused person is convicted on more than one capital charge - court should pronounce a sentence of death on only one count and leave the others in abeyance - EVIDENCE - appellant challenging the identification evidence - where the High Court on first appeal has failed to discharge its duty to re-evaluate the evidence and draw its own conclusions - second appeal must ipso facto succeed

Criminal law - charge of robbery with violence - accused person convicted and sentenced to death - appeal challenging the evidence of identification - trial court entitled to convict the appellant relying on evidence identification corroborated by evidence of recent possession - additional corroboration afforded by the appellant's retracted confession

[RULING]Civil Procedure - application for warrant of attachment before judgment against the defendant's movable assets - additional prayer for the defendant to furnish security - applicant alleging that the defendant's proprietors and directors were about to abscond and leave the jurisdiction of the court and to dispose part or whole of its assets - matters that the applicant is required to establish to the court - Civil Procedure Rules order XXXVIII

[RULING] Law of Succession-letters of administration-revocation-application based on the grounds that the applicant was the son of the deceased whereas the respondent was a cousin of the deceased-whether the applicant was entitled to take out the letters of administration and to administer the estate of his late father-validity of the application

[Ruling] CRIMINAL LAW murder accused was charged with the murder of his wife where the evidence adduced by the prosecution was circumstantial no one saw the accused commit the murder whether the circumstantial evidence was enough for the court t draw an inference of guilt on the part of the accused Penal Code section 203 as read with 204