The presumption of continuance (retrospective operation) is no more than a convenient description of a process of logical reasoning involving the drawing of inferences from established facts, and cannot be called in aid to draw an inference beyond reasonable doubt where a competing hypothesis consistent with innocence has not been excluded. A general description of a suspect that could fit many persons has limited probative value in a circumstantial case.
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