28 Jul 1975
THE QUEEN v. R. STURGEON
- Citation
- THE QUEEN v. R. STURGEON
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCC85/1975
The paid bank drafts and corresponding entries in the Hang Seng Bank's registers constitute business records within s.22; the indorsements on 22 drafts (groups I and II) are admissible under s.22 because the circumstances and ledger references permit the irresistible inference that the Northern Bank (beyond the seas) adopted those indorsements and its officers cannot reasonably be expected to testify; the remaining 18 drafts lack sufficient relevance and critical indicia to permit a reasonable inference that their proceeds were credited to the accused and are therefore inadmissible (excluded…