25 Oct 1978
LEE KEI-YICK AND ANOTHER v. THE QUEEN
- Citation
- LEE KEI-YICK AND ANOTHER v. THE QUEEN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC230/1978
The trial judge was correct to hold the wife had a case to answer because the statutory presumption in section 47(1)(a) arose once it was proved the brief case was present in the jointly occupied cramped premises and the wife admitted knowledge of the case; there is no common‑law presumption excluding joint possession in favour of the husband; the wife failed to rebut the statutory presumption on the balance of probabilities, so the appeal is dismissed.