JB/072/102/003

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C
Of Theft or Stealing

1. If he omits to take such measures as he has reason to think
1. Concealment of the Act of Taking
requisite in order for a person in whose possession or custody the
thing is to know the fact of its being taken. As if a man going
into a Shop where he is not known or even where he is known,
lays hold of any Article, and without telling the shopman or
otherwise giving him notice puts it in his pocket and departs.
Much more if he takes measures to prevent its being known:
as if upon being asked whether he has taken it, he denies it.

2. If he omits to take such measures as he has reason to
2. Concealment of the Person of the Taker.
think requisite in order for a person in whose custody or possession
it was to know who the person was that took it. As if
a stranger passing by a Shop snatches up a thing and runs
away with it before the Shopman's face.

By a stranger in this case is meant any one who has
no reason to think himself already known to the owner in such
manner as to be made amenable if it was before the owner's
face that it was taken, or to any one who would be expected of
course to inform the owner; much more if he takes measures to prevent

Identifier: | JB/072/102/003 "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	102	Info in main headings field	of theft or stealing
Image	003	Titles	note
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f5 / f6 / f7 / f8
Penner		Watermarks	[[watermarks::myears [lion with crown emblem]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	caroline fox
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	23719
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