Question

LEGAL PRINCIPLE Whoever dishonestly misappropriates or converts to his own use any movable property is guilty of criminal misappropriation of property.

FACTUAL SITUATION A finds a Government promissory note belonging to Z, bearing a blank endorsement. A knowing that the note belongs to Z, pledges it with a banker as a security for a loan, intending to restore it to Z at a future time. Has A committed criminal misappropriation?

Options

• Yes, since he deprived Z of using his property and used it for his own use.

• No, since he intended to return the property to Z in the future.

• No, it is theft and not criminal misappropriation.

• Yes, since he deprived Z of using his property.

Answer 1

Yes, since he deprived Z of using his property and used it for his own use.