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ellant was, on his own plea, convicted of Housebreaking Entering and Larceny contrary to section 333(a) of the Penal Code and was sentenced to 3 years' imprisonment.
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\par He appeals against the sentence on the ground that the three persons who were convicted o
n the alternative count of receiving the property stolen by him were given much lighter sentences and that in the light of those sentences his own sentence ought to be reviewed.
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\par Of those three persons two received a prison sentence of 18 months each suspended for 3 years and the third was placed on probation for 2 years as a result of a social enquiry report by a probation officer.
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reated the appellant as a hardened criminal but for whose instigation the other three youths, each with a clean past, would not have become involved in this criminal activity. About the appellant, he said:
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8651807 I do not see any reason for reducing the sentence imposed on the appellant.
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\par The appeal is dismissed.
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