Chapter 1277: Chapter 1276: Will Be Sentenced
Chapter 1276 Sentencing
Mengyu said, "Are you going to send this man to the police station? This man stole my wallet, and I’ll testify for you."
The man in uniform glanced at the wallet, such a bulging little bag, could it be filled completely with money?
He looked puzzled, "Aren’t you going?"
"You caught him, should I go?"
The man in uniform was amused: It’s obvious you were the one who caught him stealing the wallet first.
However, thinking back, it seems this girl didn’t actually catch the thief, she just grabbed the thief’s fingers on her unusually large wallet.
Only a few fingers of his, and the thief couldn’t escape. Perhaps, this girl isn’t simple either? Without lifting a finger, this thief wouldn’t be able to challenge her.
Looking once more, not only was the girl beautiful, but she also exuded spiritual energy, his stony face couldn’t help but show a slight smile: "Comrade, whether or not you caught him, he stole your wallet, so let’s go together."
Mengyu showed a helpless expression, and could only let the man press down on the thief while she followed behind, accompanied by a crowd of onlookers, to the police station.
The head of the police station chuckled as soon as he saw the thief, "Xiao Liu, this is the second time you’ve been brought in this month, right? Tell me, what should we do with you?"
They really had no way to deal with these thieves on the rural-urban bus, who mostly target farmers coming into town, carrying only tens of yuan. Even if caught, it wouldn’t constitute jail time, just detention for a few days before being released.
It can be said, these thieves, who often hang around the bus station, truly gave him a headache.
Mengyu asked curiously, "Isn’t what happens to him decided by the law?"
The police station head bitterly smiled, "Young lady, this kind of petty crime guy, who doesn’t break major laws but keeps committing minor ones, we lock him up for a few days and then have to let him out again, what do you suggest we do with him?"
The man in uniform also frowned: This indeed is a problem.
Mengyu held up the wallet, "How can that be? According to Article 264 of the Criminal Law [Theft Crime], stealing public or private property in a relatively large amount, or repeated theft, household theft, theft with a weapon, or pickpocketing, is punishable by up to three years imprisonment, detention, or control, along with a fine; a huge amount or other severe circumstances could lead to three to ten years of imprisonment with a fine; a particularly huge amount or especially severe circumstances could lead to ten years or more of imprisonment, life imprisonment, along with a fine or confiscation of property.
I remember, the Supreme People’s Court and Supreme People’s Procuratorate stipulate, theft of a "relatively large amount" starts at 400 yuan; "huge amount" starts at 4000 yuan; "particularly huge amount" starts at 30,000 yuan. Amounts close to particularly huge with "multiple itinerant acts causing serious harm," etc., are considered "especially severe circumstances" for theft crime. (Note: this data is from the 1992 version of the Criminal Law, unable to find for 1979 version)
Today, he stole my wallet, which contained ten thousand yuan, which constitutes a huge amount, right? Moreover, in my wallet, there’s a bankbook with a deposit of one hundred thousand yuan, this should count as a particularly huge amount, right?"
When Mengyu spoke, everyone was somewhat dumbfounded.
At that time, millionaires were still rare, not to mention ones with one hundred thousand yuan.
Yet this girl, unexpectedly pressed over ten thousand worth of notes into one wallet, that would be a hundred ten-yuan notes.
