Maduhu Joseph versus the Republic País/Territorio Tanzanía, Rep. Unida de Tipo de la corte Nacional - corte superior Fecha May 25, 2015 Fuente UNEP, InforMEA Nombre del tribunal High Court of Tanzania Sede de la corte Mwanza Juez Gwae, M.R. Número de referencia No. 3 of 2015 Idioma Inglés Materia Cuestiones jurídicas, Especies silvestres y ecosistemas Resumen On the material date, at 22.00 hrs at Tingirima village within Bunda District in Mara Region, the accused was found in the possession of skins of dik-dik, two pieces of dried meat of the wildebeest and a piece of elephant tusk, after an emergence search in his house, a house owned by his mother and elder brother while he was sleeping.He was therefore arrested, convicted and sentenced for 20 years imprisonment. This was an appeal against the original economic case no. 177 of 2013 of the Bunda District court, where the accused was alleged to have been found in possession of skins of dik-dik, two pieces of wildebeest, two pieces of dried meat of the wildebeest and a piece of elephant tusk and therefore charged and convicted of an offence of being in possession of government trophies and failure to report the possession of the government trophies mentioned above worth Tshs. 4,672,000/=.The appeal was allowed, the sentences were set aside and the court ordered to release the appellant from prison. Texto completo COU-160070.pdf