People v Lillis

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Court: Court of Appeal (Ireland)
• Judgment Date: 01 January 1958
• Date: 01 January 1958

C.C.A.

The People (Attorney General)

and

Lillis

Guilty knowledge supervening on innocent receiving -Judge's charge - Jury adequately instructed to convict only if satisfied of guilty knowledge at time of receipt of goods - Suggested once only to jury that they could convict if satisfied that "while it was in his possession he had guilty knowledge" - Whether such suggestion sufficient to amount to a misdirection - Explanation of his possession of the goods given by the accuse - Jury directed that they should convict if satisfied that such explanation was a fabrication - Whether such...