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The High Court quashed a conviction and sentence entered in absentia, finding a defective alternative charge, an illegal sentence, and procedural errors affecting the surety.
The conviction was quashed because the trial court improperly relied on unsworn evidence of an adult witness, the doctrine of recent possession was wrongly invoked due to lack of admissible evidence, the cautioned statements were illegally obtained and irregularly admitted, and the sentence imposed exceeded the magistrate's jurisdiction and was therefore illegal.
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