All courts - 1931

Certiorari proceedings to test validity of resolution of
Municipal Council of Nairobi as to constructon of Davidson
Road, Nairobi, and allocation of cost against plot holders.

Exemption from arrest of civil debtor while going to, attending
or returning from Court or Tribunal wherein he is a party,
advocate, agent or witness. Section 86 (2) Civil Procedure
Ordinance.

Damage caused by fite—duty of person to prevent fire spreading.

Bankruptcy—debtor's petitipn by attorney for absent principal-
validity of.

The Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1926, section 101, and Rule 77 of
the Bankruptcy Rules, 1927; discretionary power of the
Court in regard to the awarding of costs.

Liability of employer of motor driver for goods ordered without
authority of his master.

Appropriation of a general adjectival name by company, firm or
individual, as a trade mark or trade name.

.Arbitratjon under Order of Court—Order XLI1I, Civil Procedure
Rules, 1927—Power of Court to modify award, particularly
as to costs.

Civil Procedure Ordinance—section 66—Appeals from decrees and

ordërs—section 75 (1) (h), orders from which appeals lie-
Appeal as of right from• certain. orders—O.XL, r.l. O.XIX,

r.21—Discretion of Judge in ordering or. . refusing to order
execution.

Prosecution before Resident Magistrate for offence under section

135 (a) Bankruptcy Ordinance, 192—" bankruptcy juris-
diction "—section 141 Bankruptcy Ordinance, an enabling

section.

Non-native Poll Tax Ordinance—Cap. 52—section 13—Produc--
-tion of receipt for payment of tax last payable.
Held (21-7-31) :—That the words " tax last payable relate to tax
for the current year.

Vagrancy Ordinance, section 11.
Held (18-7-31) :—That under the Vagrancy Ordinance there is no

power to alter an order of detention into an order of imprison-
ment.

The Sugar Ordinance (Cap. 134)—fllegal importation of sugar.

Criminal Procedure Code, sections 166 and 168—costs against
private prosecutor in frivolous or vexatious proceedings.

Employment of Natives Ordinance—section •44—discretion of
Magistrate to order civil action in place of proceedings under
Ordinance.

Diseases •of Animals Ordinance, Cap. 157, section 18—Obstruc-
tion of Police Officer in execution of his duty under this

Ordinance.

Official corruption—bribery--interference with public servants-
section 88 (2), Penal Code.

(From Original Criminal Case No. 57/1931 of the High Court,

Tanganyika).

The Penal Code, sections 369-71--i-accessories after the fact.
The Stock and Produce Theft Ordinance (Cap. 79).

The Penal Code, section 27—corporal punishment.

Criminal Procedure Code (Tanganyika), section 157—inquir by-
Court as to lunacy of accused.

The Penal Code, section 231 (b)_'ilful1y obstructing a police
officer in the due execution of his duty.

Perjury—section 98 Penal Code; False Swearing—section 101
Penal Code; Discharge of accused person when no case to
answer—section 196a Criminal Procedure Code.

Law of Evidence—subsequent conduct when relevant.
He1d (943-31) —That a complaint made' by a prosecutrix should be
proved by stating what she said, and not by the production of a
document in which it was alleged the complaint had been recorded.

Evidence of identification.
held (30-10-31) —Inter al.ia. that circumstances may be sufficiently
strong to show the fact of murder although the body of the
deceased was never found.

The Employment of Natives Ordinance (Cap. 139), section 24-
housing. of servants.

Local Government (Municipalities) Ordinance, 1928—Fees for
Sanitary Services—Right of recovery of.

Indian Limitation Act, 1877—Application for execution barred.
by Art. 179.