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(V10) 1 CLR 129B
1916 April 28
[TYSER, C.J. AND FISHER, J.]
POLICE
v.
YONA CHRISTO
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE-MAGISTERIAL COURTS-CONVICTION QUASHED FOB UNCERTAINTY.
The accused was brought before a Magisterial Court on a summons containing two charges, viz. (1) theft (2) possession of property reasonably suspected of being stolen.To these charges he pleaded not guilty and he was remanded.On being again brought before the Magistrate he made a statement which the Magistrate treated as a plea of guilty and, without hearing any evidence, sentenced the accused to a term of imprisonment.
There was no formal conviction and nothing on the record to show of which of the two charges the accused had been convicted.
HELD: That the conviction must be set aside for uncertainly.