Wouldn't it be yours to keep?
2007-10-15 09:26:02 · 12 answers · asked by ♂♥spiritseeker♫♀ 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
geegee, I meant if you bought it from someone and didn't know it was stolen.
2007-10-15 09:36:26 · update #1
I have this watch I would like to sell you, cheap too. joke
Dunno, do we have any home schooled lawyers here who can answer this for you? Perhaps call your local police station, non-emergency phone line and see what they say. make sure you tell them you only are asking in a general way. However, being an arm-chair lawyer myself, I would venture that you would not and could not get into trouble if you did not know it was stolen, but you may be out the money you paid for it if the police take it back. But that is just my guess.
I think I watch too much "Law and Order" on TV. LOL
2007-10-15 09:47:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
P.S. most of those laws require that you "knowingly" possess or receive stolen property. Your state of mind can be inferred from circumstantial evidence (i.e. buying an almost new Porsche for $1,000 without receiving a certificate of title), but if you're truly a "bona fide purchaser for value" you're often off the hook (at least for some liability).
So there's your 9/10ths part.
(P.P.S. this saying has more to do with disputes over property -- I own this, no I do-- than it does criminal liability for being involved in a gang, drug trade, or hot merchandise.)
2007-10-15 16:32:36 · answer #2 · answered by Perdendosi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Receiving stolen property is against the law.
2007-10-15 16:31:12 · answer #3 · answered by regerugged 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. You are in possession of stolen property. That makes you 1/10th short of being prosecuted as a thief.
2007-10-15 16:29:51 · answer #4 · answered by subprimelendor 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You answered your own question! You are in trouble because you are in possession! It is not yours to keep, it belongs to those from whom it was taken! It really doesn't matter whether you knew or not, the property doesn't belong to you & you just lost your money; unless the police can get it back from who sold it to you, if they still have it! Guess this could be a clasic case of buyer beware!
2007-10-15 16:31:57 · answer #5 · answered by geegee 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it's a principle of land settlement not a generalization, you are the law of the land if your people settle it, the people who had it have nothing on their side, legally.
2007-10-15 16:31:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
ur in trouble only if u knowly accept the fact that it was stolen,
if u do not know it was stolen ur not guilty
2007-10-15 16:31:11 · answer #7 · answered by de viking 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You're only in trouble if you get caught.
2007-10-15 17:08:46 · answer #8 · answered by ............... 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because you're 9/10's guilty of stealing it.
2007-10-15 16:29:14 · answer #9 · answered by Lavrenti Beria 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That 10% is a killer!
2007-10-15 16:29:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋