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\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8800162\charrsid72290 COURT OF }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8800162\charrsid72290 FIJI
\par Appellate Jurisdiction}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid72290\charrsid72290 
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid72290 s/o Krishna
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8800162\charrsid72290 The Appellant was convicted for obtaining goods by false pretences and was sentenced to 18 months.
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The complainant's evidence was clear and emphatic and he repeatedly set out in evidence the ingredients of the false pretence charged in the count. His evidence was accepted by the Magistrate who stated unhesitatingly that he believed P.W.1.}{
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8800162\charrsid72290 The respondent did not deny obtaining the goods but stated that this was an ordinary credit transaction. His explanation was not believed by the Magistrate.}{
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8800162\charrsid72290 There are three grounds of appeal, but}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid72290  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8800162\charrsid72290 
they all refer to the evidence and the Magistrate's assessment of it}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7744881 .}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8800162\charrsid72290  They amount to nothing more than a complain}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid72290 t that the decision is unreason}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid8800162\charrsid72290 able and cannot be supported having regard to the evidence.
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\par In my view it would have been in order to dismiss this appeal summarily under section 294(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid72290 
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\par I did not find it necessary to call upon the Crown to answer the submission of the appellant's counsel.
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\par Suva,
\par 27th July, 1978.
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