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A person may be liable for conversion even though he was reasonably mistaken in thinking the facts to be such as would give him a legal right to the goods. [ 89 ] [ 90 ] There are cases in which the defendant does not clearly appropriate the property to his own use, and in which the question whether there is a conversion therefore depends on ...
For example, the common law crime of larceny requires the taking and carrying away of tangible property from another person, with the intent of permanently depriving the owner of that property. Robbery, under the common law, requires all of the same elements and also the use of force or intimidation to accomplish the taking. Therefore, larceny ...
Robbery 1–20 years in prison. Armed robbery 10–20 years. If this involves taking a controlled substance from a pharmacy or a wholesale druggist and intentionally inflicts bodily injury upon any person, such facts shall be charged in the indictment or accusation and, if found to be true by the court or if admitted by the defendant, 15–20 ...
Robbery is a statutory offence created by section 8(1) of the Theft Act 1968 which reads: A person is guilty of robbery if he steals, and immediately before or at the time of doing so, and in order to do so, he uses force on any person or puts or seeks to put any person in fear of being then and there subjected to force. [5]
Therefore, a person who steals from a victim using a deadly weapon, with or without immediate ability (the weapon is loaded) is committing robbery. Although robbery includes the theft of property, it is not a property crime. The use or threat of force makes robbery a crime against persons. [3] [19]
An example of conversion is when a person logs checks in a check register or transaction log as being used for one specific purpose and then explicitly uses the funds from the checking account for another and completely different purpose. [3] When embezzlement occurs as a form of theft, distinguishing between embezzlement and larceny can be ...
theft by or from person having special property or interest (s. 328) theft by person required to account (s. 330) theft by person holding power of attorney (s. 331) misappropriation of money held under direction (s. 332) exception for ore taken for exploration or scientific research (s. 333)
The Supreme Court of Virginia held that labor and services and the unauthorized use of the University's computer cannot be construed to be subject of larceny. The Court reasoned that labor or services cannot be the subject of the crime of larceny because neither time nor services may be taken or carried away, and that the unauthorized use of the computer could not be the subject of larceny ...