https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=45665 In prosecutions under the Sea Customs Act for offences relating to gold, the prosecution must affirmatively prove that the seized articles were in fact gold. Witness descriptions alone, without clear testing or other legal proof of the substance, are insufficient to establish an essential ingredient of the offence. The court held that concealment or secretion by the accused did not relieve the prosecution of that burden, and the conviction and sentence were set aside for want of proof. en-us Wed, 21 Aug 1957 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:16:49 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=45665 In prosecutions under the Sea Customs Act for offences relating to gold, the prosecution must affirmatively prove that the seized articles were in fact gold. Witness descriptions alone, without clear testing or other legal proof of the substance, are insufficient to establish an essential ingredient of the offence. The court held that concealment or secretion by the accused did not relieve the prosecution of that burden, and the conviction and sentence were set aside for want of proof. Case-Laws Customs Wed, 21 Aug 1957 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=45665