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1. In 1970 the Appellant and another young man were jointly charged with assault with intent to rob and with robbery with aggravation. This Appellant pleaded guilty and he was put on probation for 12 months, presumably in respect of both charges, and no convictions were recorded. This year, on 8th May, he committed a further offence of robbery and was convicted. The circumstances of that case are not before me and they have not been gone into. What we do know is that the learned Magistrate, afte