<p class="ql-align-center">IN THE COURT OF APPEAL</p><p class="ql-align-center">AT NAKURU</p><p class="ql-align-center">(Coram: Platt, Gachuhi and Apaloo JJ A)</p><p class="ql-align-center">CRIMINAL APPEAL NO 140 OF 1988</p><p class="ql-align-center">Between</p><p class="ql-align-center">JOSEPH RUSWETI..................................... APPELLANT</p><p class="ql-align-center">AND</p><p class="ql-align-center">REPUBLIC....................................................RESPONDENT</p><p class="ql-align-center">JUDGMENT</p><p class="ql-align-center"><em>(Appeal from a judgment of the High Court at Nakuru, Tunoi J, dated 23rd September 1988 </em></p><p class="ql-align-center"><em>in </em></p><p class="ql-align-center"><em>High Court Criminal Appeal No 441 of 1987)</em></p><p class="ql-align-center">*************************************</p><p class="ql-align-justify">1989, the following Judgment of the Court was delivered.</p><p class="ql-align-justify">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…</p>