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Criminal Practice and Procedure-robbery with violence -appeal- appeal against conviction and sentence- appellant convicted and sentenced to death-appeal on the ground that there was insufficient and contradictory evidence by the prosecution witnesses-the state conceded the appeal on the ground that the trial was conducted by a different magistrate from the one who wrote the judgment and further that the provisions of section 200 of the CPC were not complied with as the records of the proceedings did not show that the appellant was given an opportunity to decide whether to call any of the witnesses -where no evidence by the investigating officer was tendered- whether the appellant could be acquitted under the circumstances- section 296(2) of the Penal Code section 200 (3) of the Criminal Procedure Code

Land Law - Trust -appeal-where the appellant/respondent sought an appeal on the ground inter-alia that there was no evidence to prove the existence of a trust, or that the suit land was bought jointly by the parties’ fathers- appellants and the respondents were brothers –where the appellant’s ownership was a first registration-basis  of trust law under the Registered Land Act –trial magistrate based his decision on the fact that  the respondents had lived on the suit land for over 35 years –whether the mere living on land without move created a trust-where the appellant had adduced sufficient evidence that he had bought the suit property-where the claim for trust was time barred- pleadings- no particulars of trust had been given-whether the appeal was merited-Section 20(1) and (2) of the Limitation of Actions Act-Order 6 rule 8 of the Civil Procedure Rules, Sections 28 and 126(1) Registered Land Act

Criminal practice and procedure-revision-where the order of detaining the accused at the presidents pleasure was substituted with an order of discharge and keeping peace for a period of one year.

LAND LAW-Land Disputes Tribunal-constitution of members-where the records show that 4 members sat on the Appeals Committee as opposed to the 3 members stipulated in Section 9(1) of Act 18 of 1990-validity of the decision of the Committee

[Ruling] - CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - court proceedings - contempt of court - application for the committal to civil jail of the respondent for disobeying a court order restraining him from building on the suit property - where the respondent claims that the building had been erected before the issuance of that order by the court - proof of - applicable principles - whether the applicant proved her case to the required standards

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