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1. The Appellant was charged with the offence of wounding contrary to section 19 of the Offences Against the Persons Ordinance. He appeared in the Magistrates' Court on the 27th August, 1985 and pleaded guilty to the charge. The facts which were read to the court on that occasion indicated that the victim of the wounding was the Appellant's wife, and that the incident occurred during the course of a domestic dispute arising from the victim's failure to return to the matrimonial home on the previ