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2. The matter arises in this way. In the magistrate's court the two Applicants were charged jointly with two other Defendants on a number of charges of robbery from banks. All four Defendants, before any evidence had been led, pleaded guilty to those charges in which they were named. Charges of robbery were not, of course, triable summarily but, by virtue of s.81B(1) of the Magistrates Ordinance,