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JOSEPH RUSWETI
V.
REPUBLIC

(1989) JELR 104721 (CA)

Court of Appeal 1 Jan 1989 Kenya
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Suit Number:Criminal Appeal 140 of 1988
Judges:John Mwangi Gachuhi, Fred Kwasi Apaloo, Harold Grant Platt
Location:Nakuru
Other Citations:Joseph Rusweti v. Republic [1989]eKLR

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL

AT NAKURU

(Coram: Platt, Gachuhi and Apaloo JJ A)

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO 140 OF 1988

Between

JOSEPH RUSWETI..................................... APPELLANT

AND

REPUBLIC....................................................RESPONDENT

JUDGMENT

(Appeal from a judgment of the High Court at Nakuru, Tunoi J, dated 23rd September 1988

in

High Court Criminal Appeal No 441 of 1987)

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1989, the following Judgment of the Court was delivered.

The appellant was, on the 16th November, 1987, convicted of an offence under section 95(1) of the Penal Code and was sentenced to a fine of Ksh. 2,000 or in default 6 months imprisonment. He appealed against his conviction and sentence to the High Court. On the 23rd September, 1988, that Court affirmed the conviction and dismissed the appeal. The appellant brought a second appeal to this Court. The right to prefer a second appeal to this Court was conferred by section 361(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code and is limite…

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