JB/072/099/001

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1 C Theft Embezzlement and Fraudulent obtainment

Pawning is a Conversion If a man pawns the goods of another as if they were his
own this is one way of converting them to his own use

Observation,s

It may be thought that pawning another persons —
goods is not quite so mischievous an offence as ordinary
stealing And in truth the mischievous consequence offence
act of Theft is in some small degree deminished by the goods
being disposed of in this manner. If a man pawns the
goods instead of selling them out right it affords some
presumption of his intending to restore them: besides
that by being deposited with the pawnbroker they are
forthcoming in the hands of a responsible respectable person and all
there is wanting is it, being discovered where they are
which by the attention and honesty of the pawn brokers
is what very often happens

But if the offender does really return the goods provision
is made by the general clause for the
of his punishment : and as it is strictly and indubitably
a case of theft since the deposing of the goods in this manner as —

Identifier: | JB/072/099/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 72.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	072	Main Headings	penal code
Folio number	099	Info in main headings field	theft embezzlement and fraudulent obtainment
Image	001	Titles	observations
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f1 / f2 / f3 / f4
Penner		Watermarks	[[watermarks::gr [crown motif] [britannia with shield emblem]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer
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Notes public		ID Number	23716
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