Regina v Manley
pre-1970 · High Court (then Supreme Court) of Sierra Leone
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- Facts
- A larceny charge raised the question of whose rights the offence protects.
- Issue
- Is larceny an offence against ownership or possession?
- Held
- Larceny is a deprivation of possession, not of ownership.
- Principle
- The Larceny Act protects possession.
- Why it matters
- Explains why owners can sometimes steal their own goods and why custody differs from possession.
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