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Smith, J. C. Obtaining Cheques by Deception or Theft (1997) CLR 396 Smith, J. C. : Stealing Tickets (1998) CLR 723 ^ This offence is referred to as "obtaining pecuniary advantage by deception" by the marginal notes to section 16 of the 1968 and 1969 Acts and by Archbold Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice , 1999, para. 21-216 at p. 1809 ...
Larceny was a common law offence (created by judicial action) while embezzlement and false pretences were statutory offences (created by legislative action). Larceny is by far the oldest. The elements of larceny were "well-settled" by the 13th century. The only other theft offence then existing was cheat which was a misdemeanor.
The offence of obtaining a money transfer by deception, contrary to section 15A of the Theft Act 1968, was specifically enacted to remove the problem caused by R v Preddy and Slade, R v Dhillon. [10] This case held that there no section 15 offence was committed when the defendant caused transfers between the victim's and his own bank account by ...
Crimes of this sort are typically prosecuted as larceny, and may be either a misdemeanor or a felony, based upon the value of the services illegally obtained.This category encompasses a wide variety of criminal activity including tampering with (or bypassing) a utility meter so that the true level of consumption is understated, leaving a hotel or restaurant or similar establishment without ...
The law imposes “really serious penalties,” with prison time of between five and 30 years for those who commit retail theft and are involved in organized crime groups of five or more ...
The leading case in English law is Derry v.Peek, [2] which was decided before the development of the law on negligent misstatement. In Hedley Byrne & Co Ltd v.Heller & Partners Ltd it was decided that people who make statements which they ought to have known were untrue because they were negligent, can in some circumstances, to restricted groups of claimants be liable to make compensation for ...
The former head of a nonprofit domestic violence agency is charged with fraud and grand theft two years after she and the agency agreed to pay Florida $5 million to settle a civil lawsuit, the ...
She faces charges of theft by unlawful taking and multiple counts of unauthorized use of a credit card. According to investigators: On Sept. 11, members of the Perry PTO came to the Hamburg police ...