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For a wide review of the present position under Section 12 see “Taking Conveyances without authority; the present state of play”. J. Beaumont 141 J.P.N. 500. See also “Unauthorised taking of transportable conveyances”. D. Cowley 121 Sol. J. 419.
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In the present article the authors are only concerned to analyse Section 12 in the context of R. v. Bow.
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In this, the Court appears in some ways to have reverted to a similar position to that established prior to the Theft Act. The two elements then necessary were clearly identified in R. v. Roberts [1965 ] 1 Q.B. 85 at 88.
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8th Report of the Criminal Law Revision Committee 1966 . Cmnd 2977.
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A similar exception was made in the case of articles kept for public display.
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See Smith and Hogan; The Criminal Law (3rd Edn. ) pp. 56 –57 .
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[1977 ] (in Crim L. R. 176 at 178.
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After submission of this article, Smith and Hogan: CRIMINAL LAW (4th edition ) has been published with a further discussion of R v. Bow.