Larceny
| Date | 01 April 1958 |
| Published date | 01 April 1958 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0032258X5803100213 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
LARCENY
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reasonable period for new ideas to be worked out and existent systems
to be properly evaluated.
The present meeting was, of course, largely of an exploratory nature
and it is admitted that
"it
has only been possible to deal cursorily
with many problems" while some have not been touched upon at all.
In
future, however, a meeting of this kind should attract much wider
interest and ensure that any measures likely to aid in reducing what
has become a national scourge of civilisation are properly considered
by those most able and competent to implement them. i.e, the chief
officers of police.
At the same time the Congress was realistic enough to acknowledge
that "both the local pattern of traffic and the mentality of the popula-
tion of the various countries or regions can differ so much that pure
and simple imitation" might create more difficulties than it is intended
to solve.
There is also a note of realism in the comment that although
traffic police should have the most up-to-date equipment and their
training reflect a well-defined policy it is little use introducing equip-
ment which will absorb more time.
It
is certainly true that the investi-
gation of accidents and control of traffic, especiallykeeping of records
and statistics, and correspondence with insurance companies and
between Forces, is becoming a major administrative problem.
Incidentally, as this theme was so constantly reiterated during the
conference it is rather disappointing to find that there was no mention
of the scheme to cut down time spent on accident reports introduced
at Plymouth last year.
POLONIUS
Larceny
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THE
INTENT
Definition:
In
order that an accused may be guilty of larceny, it
must be proved that there is an intention to deprive the owner per-
manently of the thing taken, and to have formed that intention at the
time of the taking.
No Intent: Where the accused removed some prepared skins from
his employer's warehouse to obtain payment over again for work
already paid for on the same skins he was held not guilty of larceny,
but this could well be false pretences, R. v. Holloway (1849),
1Den. 370.
Stealing a Ride: A thief rifled a stables and removed stolen harness
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