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1. The Appellant was convicted of assault occasioning actual bodily harm upon his very newly-married wife. It is a sad story; the difficulties between them seem to have been of a financial kind. Before me the Appellant passionately denied that he had assaulted his wife and alleged that he was the victim of her assaults. The Magistrate heard the evidence of both parties. The Appellant was legally represented. There were no other witnesses. Rather oddly no medical evidence was put before the Magis