JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
This appeal concerns the sentences passed by the Resident Magistrate’s court at Nyeri on the appellant upon his conviction of various charges of theft by agent contrary to section 283(b) of the Penal Code in two separate trials namely Criminal Case Nos 212/84 and 213/84.
The appellant was an advocate of the High Court in private practice in Nyeri; he acted for inter alia, various land buying companies who deposited with him various sums of money to be used by him in payment for farms which he was instructed to buy for the companies.
The two charges in criminal case no 213/84 related to thefts allegedly committed (1) between May 20, 1980 and July 13, 1983 at Karatina (2) on diverse dates between October 23, 1980 and July 13, 1983 at Karatina. The appellant was arrested on July 4, 1984 and taken to court on July 11, 1984. He denied the charges and his trial opened on November 20, 1984, and was concluded on February 7, 1985 when he was convicted as charged on both coun…