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1. This is a hopeless appeal. The Appellant appeals against a sentence of nine months’ imprisonment for unlawful possession of dangerous drugs. He was stopped in the street and found to be in possession 0.4 grammes of a mixture containing 0.2 grammes of barbitone and 0.3 grammes of another mixture containing 0.1 gramme of salts of esters of morphine. According to the record the Appellant pleaded Guilty before the magistrate, but the terms of s.19 of the Magistrates Ordinance do not appear to hav