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Whenever it is provided by this Act that the Court may presume a fact, it rnay either regard such fact as proved, unless and until it is disproved, or 111ay call for proof of it : ' Whenever it is directed by this Act that the Court shall presume a fact, it 'shall regard such fact as i ,'~ proved, unless and until it is disproved: When one fact is declared by this Act to be con- clusive proof of another, the Court shall, on proof of the one fact, re~'ard the other as proved, and shall not allow evidence to be given for the purpose of disprov- ing it. 11: . 1 , - c- , l11ustratiO1z8. 12 ';-. - ... 187Z:-J Evidence, - llttl18t'J'atiml8. ~ . (a.) A is accused of the murder of B by beating him. Whatever was said, or.done by A or B or the by-standel's at the beating, or so shortly before or after it as to form part of the transaction, is a l;elevantfact. (0,) A isaccl1sedof waging war against the Queen by taking part in an armed insurrection in which property is destroyed, troops are attacked, and gaols are broken open. The occurrence of these facts is relevant, as forming part of the general trans- ~. I" action, though A may not have been present at all of them. (c.) A sues B for a libel contained in a letter forming part of a correspondence. . Letters between the parties relating to the subject out of which the libel arose, and forming part of the correspondence in which it is contained, .we relevant fact~, though they do not contain the libel itself. (d.) 'rhe question is, whether certain glods ordered from B were delivered to A. The goodswere delivered to several inter- mediate persons successively. Each delivery is a relevant fact.