theft - cases

Question 1

r v maihi

Answer 1

the victim wore a leather jacket to bar, v let d try on and then he left with it, d threanted v with voilnece and charged w robbery
was theft by converison for the basis of the robbery

Question 2

r v russel

Answer 2

d hired air compressor, made a bailment relo, d returend it later and was pianted over to hide the logo
was theft by conversion as the painting was inconsistnt with the owners rights and the bailment

Question 3

brown and edrey v police

Answer 3

dispute between homeowner and concreting contracts over payment for work done, b and e removed a section of concrete for the money still outstanding
b and e were not laible as mistakenly belived they had the right, mistake was regarding the property interest not the law, belived they had a claim of rightv

Question 4

r v skivington

Answer 4

s wife had given him a letter from empplotyer authorisng him to go and collect her wages, then wife left him and desperate to get her back so he collected the money and pulled a knife on assistant while doing so
the claim of right is a defence to robbery or aggrivated form of robbery,

Question 5

r v morunga

Answer 5

d mangager at a bar, used to play w pokie machine when cleaning at end of shift
there was not inetnt to premantley deprive the owner, Taking someone else’s property with the intent to only temporarily deprive them is not considered stealing.