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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. |
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072 |
penal code |
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101 |
of theft or stealing |
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004 |
theft or stealing defined / exposition |
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copy/fair copy sheet |
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f1 / f2 / f3 / f4 |
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[[watermarks::myears [lion with crown emblem]]] |
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caroline fox |
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