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UK Law | Theft by Finding

Revoltingest

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
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Kathryn

Kathryn

It was on fire when I laid down on it.
Odion said:
We don't celebrate Thanksgiving. I wish we did. It seems pretty awesome. I was lucky enough to be in the States for July 4th when I was about 14... it's ruined every firework display I've been to. Damn you, America, you make everything Britain does look like half-hearted crap. :D
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We're a rather rambunctious lot.
 
Tiberius

Tiberius

Well-Known Member
nnmartin said:
It's actually quite a commonsense law if you think about it.

for example if you found a large bag of money, paperwork or high value item on the street it is obviously not yours so you have no right in keeping it.

It also means you cannot use the tired old excuse of 'I just found it' if caught with an illegal item.

You won't get arrested just for handing something in to a police station - but only if intent to steal was there.

It is a useful tool for the law against burglary, theft and drugs.
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Did you read the article in the first post?

The kid picked up the phone to hand it in so it could be returned to the owner and he got arrested. He WAS arrested just for handing something in to a police station - and the intent to steal was NOT there.
 
Terrywoodenpic

Terrywoodenpic

Oldest Heretic
Theft by finding has two sides....when you hand something you find into the police they log it and if it is not claimed in three months it is yours.

A couple collecting for a charity recently found £22,000.00 in a bag on their doorstep. They handed it in to the police and last week after three months it was handed back to them.
It clears up the question of legal ownership. it is final. (no claim no court cases nothing)

There would have been a similar law in the USA at one time as it is common law, not statute.


The student case was plain police ignorance.
 
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