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1. In the District Court, the appellant faced one charge of handling stolen goods, one charge of forgery of documents, one charge of theft and one charge of possession of unlicensed apparatus for communication. In the course of the trial, he reversed his plea and pleaded guilty to the second and the fourth charges. The prosecution offered no evidence in respect to the third. The prosecution proceeded with the remaining offence of handling stolen goods. He was duly convicted and sentenced. He app