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Was attributable to the
non attendance of a Magistrate
at the Court during the
period of his incarceration
and at the adjourned hearing
of the Case - his accuser
could not positively swear
that he had stolen the chequs
in question.

The Bench did not
consider the Case sufficiently
clear against Bell to warrant
his committal to charge
against him was therefore
dismissed.

We freely admit
that this is not an isolated