News & Events Battler finds $50k, Hands it in.

[DeadlyAkkuret]

Pretty sure I read that the money belongs to some asian woman who has a legitimate reason for having it.

So it's clean? I'd definitely keep it then.

 

[bontshow]

I'd hand it in. It's not yours, you haven't earned it.

 

[Chirf]

I'd hand it in. It's not yours, you haven't earned it.

it works out to be 90% of norf's salary cap

 

[Simon_Nesbit]

I'm pretty sure there's been a similar storyline in a tv series somewhere, but...

Many years ago, I'd just moved out of home, and was looking for a cheap/free lounge suite. I went to have a look at a couch, decided I liked it and organised to come back the next day to buy it.

When I came back, the couch was sitting on the front porch, completely torn to shreds.

I confronted the owner about it (I'd allready paid $50 deposit before it was trashed), and he told me that when they moved it, they found a $50 note under it. When they lifted it up to get out the door, they found more money.

He said he got about $6500 in cash out of the couch, mostly in the stuffing in the arms, and one of the pillows, all in $20 and $50 notes. He'd bought the couch from an estate auction a few years before for $100 - obviously the family were unaware what was inside.

I believe his story, mainly because he gave me $100 towards buying a different one.

 

[Tambu]

I'd hand it in. It's not yours, you haven't earned it.

Yes, but finders keepers...

 

[Schulzenfest]

Did no one read the story?

Welcome to Bigfooty.

 

[Schulzenfest]

I'm pretty sure there's been a similar storyline in a tv series somewhere, but...

I once burnt down a banana stand with 250k in it.

 

[Ron The Bear]

Have a vague memory of a guy finding a bag of cash at a suburban railway station in Melbourne more than 6 years ago, about 300 thousand in it, nobody came forward so the money was his.

Once it hit the news, a very smart guy went down to the station for a look and found his own $200K stash near the first one!

Yes, but finders keepers...

I think the charge is "theft by finding".

 

[Schulzenfest]

I think the charge is "theft by finding".

In South Australia:

s131(4) A person does not act dishonestly if the person—
(a) finds property; and
(b) keeps or otherwise deals with it in the belief that the identity or whereabouts
of the owner cannot be discovered by taking reasonable steps; and
(c) is not under a legal or equitable obligation with which the retention of the
property is inconsistent.

The fact that they bothered to include that means that if you find the property and don't take the reasonable steps when the owner could be discovered, you've committed theft.

 

[Ochre]

I once burnt down a banana stand with 250k in it.

THERE'S ALWAYS MONEY lN THE BANANA STAND!

 

[Schulzenfest]

No touching!