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1. On the 18th October 1983, the appellant, a 39-year old married woman, then legally unrepresented, appeared before the Magistrate's Court to answer a charge of theft contrary to section 9 of the Theft Ordinance, Cap. 210. The particulars of offence were that on the 13th day of October 1983, at Kowloon, she stole two pairs of children's socks, the property of Dodwell Department Store. After due interpretation of the charge to her she admitted the offence. The learned Principal Magistrate record