Evidence of firearms or weapons at one location associated with an accused is not, without more, capable of having probative value as tendency evidence of the accused's knowledge of firearms at a different location. The fact in issue to which tendency evidence is directed must be clearly identified, and proof of a tendency to possess firearms is merely a step in the process — it is not itself the fact in issue. Where wrongly admitted tendency evidence could have damaged the appellant's credit on the critical issue at trial, the proviso cannot be applied even where the Crown case is otherwise strong.
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