(e) (“Z”) going on a journey entrusts jewellery to (“A”) till (“Z”) shall return, (“A”) carries the jewelley to the market and sells it. Here the jewellery was not in (“Z’s”) possession. It could not therefore be taken out of (“Z’s”) possession and (“A”) has not committed theft, though he may have committed criminal breach of trust; (f) (“A”) finds a ring belonging to (“Z”) on a table in the house which (“Z”) occupies. Here the right is in (“Z’s”) possession and if (“A”) dishonestly removes it (“A”) commits theft; (g) (“A”) finds a ring lying on the high road not in the possession of any person. (“A”) by taking it commits no theft, though he may commit criminal misappropriation of property; (h) (“A”) sees a ring belong to (“Z”) lying on a table in (“Z’s”) house. Not venturing to misappropriate the ring immediately for fear of search and detection (“A”) hides the ring in a place where it is highly improbable that it will ever be found by (“Z”), with the intention of taking the ring from the hiding place and selling it when the loss is forgotten. Here (“A”) at the time of first moving the ring commits theft. (i) (“A”) delivers a jewel to (“Z”) a jeweler to be re-set. (“Z”) carries it to his shop. (“A”), not owing to the jeweler any debit for which the jeweler might lawfully detain the jewel as a security, enters the shop openly, takes his jewel by force out of (“Z”s”) hand and carried it away. Here (“A”), though he may have committed criminal trespass and assault, has not committed theft inasmuch as what he did was not done dishonestly. (j) Again if (“A”) having pawned an article to (“Z”) takes it out of (“Z’s”) possession without (“Z’s”) consent not having paid what he borrowed on the article, he commits theft though the article is his own property inasmuch as he takes it dishonestly; (k) (“A”), being on friendly terms with (“Z”), goes into (“Z’s”) house in (“Z’s”) absence and takes away a cooking-pot without (“Z’s”) consent with the intention of returning it after use. Here, it is probable that (“A”) may have conceived that he had (“Z’s”) cooking pot. If this was (“A’s”) impression, (“A”) has not committed theft; (l) (“A”) asks charity from (“Z’s”) wife. She gives (“A”) money, food and clothes, which (“A”) knows to belong to (“Z”), her husband. Here it is probable that (“A”) may conceive that (“Z’s”) wife is authorized to give away alms, If this was (“A’s”) impression, (“A”) has not committed theft; (m) (“A”) is the paramour of (“Z’s”) wife. She gives (“A”) valuable property, which (“A”) knows to belong to her husband (“Z”) and (“A”) knows that she is not authorized by (“Z”) to give it out. If (“A”) takes the property dishonestly, he commits theft; (n) (“A”) in good faith, believing property belonging to (“Z”) to be (“A’s”) own property, takes that property out of (“Z’s”) possession. Here, as (“A”) does not take dishonestly, he does not commit theft. 88

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