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1. The three appellants in this case appealed from the decision of a magistrate after a joint trial on several charges involving the theft of certain water pipes which they had attempted to steal by using a goods vehicle which had been taken without the authority of the owner. The third appellant, with whose cause we are at present concerned, was convicted with the others of the attempted theft of the water pipes. The appeal was, in the usual way, to a single judge of the Supreme Court. In the f