The Appellant, was charged, tried and convicted of rape and sentenced to 30 years in jail, twelve strokes of the cane as corporal punishment and ordered to pay the victim Tshs. 500,000/= as nominal compensation. It was alleged that the Appellant did unlawfully have carnal knowledge of a girl of 17 years old. The Appellant decided to appeal against the conviction and sentence plus the orders in this Court basically, on among other grounds, that that the age of the victim was not ascertained before convicting the Appellant and that the trial magistrate erred in law in imposing a sentence of 30 years in jail as the Appellant was below 18 years of age.