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Criminal practice and procedure-attempted robbery with violence-the appellants were convicted of the offence and sentenced to death-appeal against conviction and sentence-whether the evidence adduced was sufficient to secure a conviction-whether the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt-whether the appeal had merit-Penal Code section 297 (2)

[Ruling] Civil Law transfer of suit-application to transfer suit from Nairobi Milimani Commercial courts to the Chief Magistrate's Court Nakuru- application brought on the ground that the cause of action arose within the local jurisdictions of the Chief Magistrates Nakuru- where the application was not accompanied with copies of pleadings and more so the plaint and also the defence if any whether the application was competent-Court Section 18 (1) (a) of the Civil Procedure Act and Order 50 Rule 1 of the Civil Procedure Rules

CRIMINAL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - robbery - accused charged with the offence of robbery with violence but convicted and sentenced on the lesser charge of robbery - appeal against conviction and sentence - criminal procedure code section 296(1)

EVIDENCE - identification - where the incident occurred at night and none of he witnesses were able to identify the attackers - whether such identification can sustain a conviction

EVIDENCE - identification parade - where the one witness who identified the attackers was unable to identify him in the first parade - where identification was done the second time the accused was paraded - effect of - whether the court can convict on such identification

CRIMINAL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - stealing stock - appellant were charged, convicted and sentenced to seven years - appeal against the conviction of the grounds that the court failed to give reasons for the conviction - Penal Code section 278

EVIDENCE - identification - accused claimed that the complainant did not prove sufficiently that the stolen cow belonged to him - where the identification of the animal was done on the basis of an injury but no papers of ownership were produced - effect of - whether such evidence is enough to convict

Evidence-identification-where the witness during examination in chief stated that she was not able to identify the appellant, the prosecution mounted no identification parade, and all other witnesses who were victims of the hijacking did not identify their assailants-validity of a conviction based on such identification evidence

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