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1. The Appellant in this case was charged before the District Court in relation to some dangerous drugs offences. He was placed on bail. On 1st September he failed to appear in court in accordance with his bond. He was represented by a solicitor. The solicitor produced a "medical certificate". We are told that in fact it was not a medical certificate at all: it was a Hospital Admission Certificate, which certified that the Appellant was suffering from weakness of the fore-arm and wrist and had b