TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
Court may presume existence of certain facts
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....vate business, in their relation to the facts of the particular case. Illustrations The Court may presume - (a) that a man who is in possession of stolen goods soon, after the theft is either the thief or has received the goods knowing them to be stolen, unless he can account for his possession; (b) that an accomplice is unworthy of credit, unless he is corroborated in mate....
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.... when a document creating an obligation is in the hands of the obligor, the obligation has been discharged. But the Court shall also have regard to such facts as the following, in considering whether such maxims do or do not apply to the particular case before it: - as to illustration (a) - a shop-keeper has in his bill a marked rupee soon after it was stolen, and cannot account ....
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...., the drawer of a bill of exchange, was a man of business. B, the acceptor, was a young and ignorant person, completely under A's influence; as to illustration (d) - it is proved that a river ran in a certain course five years ago, but it is known that there have been floods since that time which might change its course; as to illustration (e) - a judicial act, the regularity of ....