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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF FIJI
\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3693899\charrsid12220670 Appellate Jurisdiction}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12220670\charrsid12220670 
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3693899\charrsid12220670 
On the 31st October 1975 the appellant was convicted on his own plea by Suva Magistrates Court of receiving stolen property contrary to section 347(1) of the Penal Code (hereinafter called count 1), shopbreaking
 entering and larceny contrary to section 333
(a) of the Penal Code (hereinafter called count 2), and storebreaking entering and larceny contrary to section 333(a) of the Penal Code (hereinafter called count 3), and was sentenced to two years' imprisonment on count 1, twelve months' imprisonment on c
ount 2 and two years' imprisonment on count 3, amounting to an overall term of five years' imprisonment.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3693899 
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3693899 On the }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3693899\charrsid12220670 25th 
April 1978 Suva Magistrates Court allowed the appellant to lodge an appeal out of time against severity of sentence, as according to priso
n records a petition of appeal was forwarded to Suva Magistrates Court on behalf of the appellant on the 6th November 1975 although there is no trace of it having been received. Fortunately the appellant has not been prejudiced in any way by the resultant
 delay.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3693899 
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3693899\charrsid12220670 The trial Magistrate was justified in imposing consecutive sentences, as the offences were not related and were committed at different times; and there are no grounds}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12220670\charrsid12220670  for this Court interfering with the sentences imposed on counts 1 and 2 as they we
re serious offences and the appellant has, inter alia, four previous convictions for dishonesty. However the facts which gave rise to count 3, namely the forcing open of the door of a school canteen and the theft therefrom of two tins of foodstuff and a c
arton of washing powder together worth $44, warrant a less severe sentence.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12220670 
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12220670\charrsid12220670 
\par The appeal in so far as it relates to counts 1 and 2 is dismissed. So far as count 3 is concerned, the sentence is quashed and in substitution therefor the appellant is sentenced to
 fifteen months' imprisonment with effect from the 31st October 1975; thereby reducing the overall sentence to four years}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12220670  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12220670\charrsid12220670 
three months' imprisonment.
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\par Chief Justice
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\par Suva,
\par 31st July 1978.
\par }}