Ryan v County Council of Tipperary (South Riding)

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Judgment Date: 01 January 1921
• Date: 01 January 1921
• Court: Circuit Court

Cir. Cas.,

Ryan

and

County Council of Tipperary (South Riding)

Presumption of destruction - Malicious Damage Act, 1861, s. 51.

A motor bicycle, the property of a policeman, was removed from his residence by armed men, and never seen again. Subsequently it was traced near, but not into, a lake:—Held, as there was strong evidence of malice, the Court was entitled to conclude that the bicycle had been destroyed by being thrown into the lake, and accordingly a decree for its value was given.