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1. This is an application for leave to appeal against convictions recorded in the Victoria District Court by His Honour Judge Cameron. The Applicant ("Defendant") was arraigned before the judge on 10 charges. Following a submission of no case to answer by his counsel he was acquitted on 7 of those charges, which included various allegations of inviting persons to become members of an unlawful society, blackmail and attempting to pervert the course of justice. He was subsequently convicted of the