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4 C Of Theft or Stealing
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 or repelled or overcome by
any act or practice which shews that the owner
meant not to give such permission: and that whether
his meaning was 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. The thing taken
(for instance) is a Bank note. Now 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 make use of it merely
as
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of theft or stealing |
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copy/fair copy sheet |
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