R. v. Abdallah s/o Ngwale, Crim. Case 140-Kilosa-68, Inspection Note, 30/7/69, Hamlyn J.

R. v. Abdallah s/o Ngwale, Crim. Case 140-Kilosa-68, Inspection Note, 30/7/69, Hamlyn J.

The accused was convicted of threatening the use of witchcraft, and was sentenced to an unspecified fine.

Noted: “Normally an offence of threatening the use of witchcraft is a serious one and may well lead to the persons threatened retaliating in a dangerous manner: such offences should be dealt with as deserving a considerable sentence of imprisonment. In the present case it is not proposed to interfere with the fine imposed by the court, but the trial magistrate should bear in mind the possible consequences of acts such as the accused was found to have committed.”