The fact that A had been previously convicted of delivering to another person as
genuine a counterfeit coin knowing it to be counterfeit is relevant.
(c) A sues B for damage done by a dog of B's which B knew to be ferocious.
The facts that the dog had previously bitten X, Y and Z, and that they
had made complaints to B are relevant.
(d) The question is whether A, the acceptor of a bill of exchange, knew that the name
of the payee was fictitious.
The fact that A had accepted other bills drawn in the same manner before they
could have been transmitted to him by the payee if the payee had been a real
person, is relevant as showing that A knew that the payee was a fictitious person.
(e) A is accused of defaming B by publishing an imputation intend to harm the
reputation of B.
The fact of previous publications by A respecting B, showing illwill on the part of
A towards B is relevant, as proving A's intention to harm B's reputation by the
particular publication in question.
The facts that there was no previous quarrel between A and B, and that A
repeated the matter complained of as he heard it, are relevant, as showing that A
did not intend to harm the reputation of B.
(f) A is sued by B for fraudulently representing to B that C, was solvent whereby B,
being induced to trust C, who was insolvent, suffered loss.
The fact that at the time when A represented C to be solvent, C was supposed to
be solvent by his neighbours and by persona dealing with him, is relevant, as
showing that A made the representation in good faith.
(g) A is sued by B for the price of work done by B, upon a house of which A is
owner, by the order of C, a contractor.
A's defence is that B's contract was with C.
The fact that A paid C for the work in question is relevant, as proving that A did,
in good faith, make over to C the management of the work in question, so that C
was in a position to contract with B on C's own account, and not as agent for A.
(h) A is accused of the dishonest misappropriation of properly which he had found,
and the question is whether, when he appropriated it, he behaved in good faith that
the real owner could not be found.
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