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1. This is an appeal against the refusal by a magistrate to allow the appellant to change his plea, which was originally one of guilty, to one of not guilty. The appellant is an 18 year old youth. He was arrested on the 20th of September in connection with a charge of robbery and within a period of 24 hours he was brought before a magistrate. He was unrepresented before the magistrate and he pleaded guilty to the charge of robbery preferred against him. It is quite unnecessary at this stage to g