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1. This is an appeal against conviction. The Appellant was convicted of riot and unlawful assembly. The evidence against him' was principally that of an inspector of police. There was a squatter clearance operation in progress. A number of persons resisted the demolition workers. Trouble had been threatened and the police were there in force. When the demolition workers moved in, the riot began. That there was a riot is beyond any possible question. Violence of an extreme nature was used. Rio