JB/072/101/004

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4. C Of Theft or Stealing.

a handful of Black-berries or Hedge-nuts in a country where it
is not customary for the occupier of the land to make a profit
by such Articles; or Corn that is left in a field after gathering
in of the crop.

But this presumption may be defeated by any Act or Practice
which shews that the owner meant not to give such permission:
and that, whether he meant to deny it to all persons
in general, or to the party in particular.

[(F) Knowing] Whatever value the thing actually possesses, the
general presumption shall be that he knows of it. Else wherefore
did he take it?

But this presumption may be defeated by particular
circumstances; as if the thing taken be a Bank Note ; and he who
takes it (a Servant suppose) cannot read and knows not the
Value of a Bank Note. In particular circumstances it may appear
to him, not to be of a Value worth regarding. As if it be lying
on the ground by itself, or with other scraps of paper that are actually
not of a value worth regarding. He may have taken it intending to

Identifier: | JB/072/101/004 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 72.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	072	Main Headings	penal code
Folio number	101	Info in main headings field	of theft or stealing
Image	004	Titles	theft or stealing defined / exposition
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f1 / f2 / f3 / f4
Penner		Watermarks	[[watermarks::myears [lion with crown emblem]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	caroline fox
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	23718
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