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Archival pictures This picture was taken in the Uganda National archive while organizing the High court records on the shelves for easy access.
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Scanning picture This picture was taken when making the digital copies for this online archive
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Archival pictures These pictures were taken during the preservation and cataloging project of High Court documents.
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Archival preservation and cataloging pictures These pictures were taken during the preservation and cataloging project in Uganda.
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Kafero v. Muwawa, Kalengezi, Kinya, Waberere, Mugandasibirwa -High Court-Appeal. Damiano Kafero (plaintiff) sued 1. Mesusera Muwawa, 2. Feridinado Kalengezi, 3. Kaloli Kinya, 4. Gonsiyano Wambere and 5. Akirewo Mugandasibirwa (defendants)for harvesting food from his garden without paying land rent. The accused had been allowed to use the land by Kafero's father. But when his father died, Kafero became the principal heir and decided to evict them claiming they did not pay rent. The appeal was dismissed because, in the circumstance, the court felt it unfair to evict the accused.
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Mukuza v. Buganda Government-High Court of Uganda-Appeal Yowana Mukuza (plaintiff) appealed the judgmental of the Principal court of Buganda on grounds that the case was not heard by 3 judges as was required by the Native cord ordinance. Mukuza had sued the government of Buganda for illegal demolition of his workshop due to his failure to pay rent dues.
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Gladys Healy v. Fergus Healy-High Court- Revisional Order. Gladys Healy filed to dissolve her Husband with Fergus Healy, who was alleged to have committed adultery. The marriage was dissolved by Justice Lyon and the petitioner (Gladys Healy) was granted full custody of their children and child support.
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Apil v. Lira Gombolola Court–High Court of Uganda- Revisional order. John Apil-Onek was found guilty in the native court of adultery with the wife of Okeng. This was an application for revision for the trial Jago court's judgment, which was reversed by the county court and on appeal to the central court was quashed and the Jago court judgment restored. The ground upon which the High court was asked to make a revisional order is that the applicant, having been acquitted by the county court, had no right of appeal from an acquittal to the central Native Court bases on customary law.
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First High Court Building Entebbe This photo of the first High Court building was taken during the colonial period when the High court was still in Entebbe. The building, with its British architectural design, was structured and modified to accommodate the proceedings of the High Court then, and many of its architectural features such as the brick columns, wooden jalousie windows, and timber shutters till today are still kept and visible. The old court is still described by Entebbe Residents as “one of the best-built court among the current colonial buildings of the time”.
Today, despite a new court was built meters away from the old court, it still remains as a solitary monument to the past. Unfortunately, this old court building was later turned into a meteorological Training school- Entebbe, Located in Entebbe on Plot 11 Kampala road. Entebbe
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Tabula v. Lukiiko- High Court of Uganda-Appeal The appellant Nsubuga Tabula appealed to the High Court from the Judicial advisor court for bail and a case of defamation alleged that he permitted the publication in his newspaper in matters insulting the King of Buganda. The High Court granted him bail since it found no law for refusing bail.
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Kabangala & Brothers v. Kisalita- High Court of Uganda-Appeal This is an appeal case to the High Court. Yoana Kabangala accused Benwa Kisalita and his wife Katalina Nanfuka for damages that occurred due to their breach of contract on their lease of three acres of land. Without substantial proof, the court ordered the bakery house's demolition of the appellant and dismissed the case with costs.
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Kabangala & Brothers v. Kisalita -High Court of Uganda-Appeal In this appeal case, Yoana Kabangala accused Benwa Kisalita and his wife Katalina Nanfuka for damages that occurred from their breach of contract on their lease of three acres of land. Without substantial proof, the court ordered the bakery house's demolition within 24 hours to end on 30th September 1952 and dismissed the case with costs.
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Nkalubo v.Lwanga Property-Land. The accused (Samwri Lwanga Goyasi) was sued for illegally cutting trees from Musa Nkulubo's (plaintiff's) forest- causing a loss to the plaintiff. He appealed to the High Court but the court dismissed the case with orders for Nkalubo to pay Lwanga court costs.
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Lukiiko v. Pailo, Naluma, and . Mukasa. This case is an appeal from the Lukiiko Court of Buganda to the High Court of Uganda. In this case is the plaintiff (Lukiiko) accused Yowasi A. Paulo, Joswa M. Naluma, and Yusufu W. Mukasa of defaming the Kabaka of Buganda Daudi Chwa due to the content of their letter to the young Buganda association. The letter was alleged to have been contemptuous and seditious against the Kabaka and Buganda's government members, thus going against section 124 A under the Indian penal code. Although the Kabaka pardoned the defendants, Chief Justice Griffin found them guilty and sentenced them to prison.
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The High Court of Uganda This photo of the High Court was taken during the colonial period after the court was transferred from Entebbe to Kampala. 1942