The Law Reports (Queen's Bench Division)
[1969] 2 QB 471
[COURT OF APPEAL]
REGINA
v.
BRADBURY
1969 Jan. 17
Edmund Davies and Phillimore L.JJ. and Geoffrey Lane J.
Crime
— Summing-up
— Burden of proof
— Prosecution evidence calling for explanation by defence
— Jury directed that presumption of guilt raised in absence of explanation
— Misdirection.
Burden of Proof
— Criminal case
— Burden on prosecution throughout
— Prosecution evidence calling for explanation by accused
— No presumption of guilt raised in absence of explanation by accused.