finding cash in the street.. what woud you do?

[desprateseagull]

£20, £200, or £2,000... what would you do, if you found these amounts lying in the street, with no one around looking for it..?

 

[Jello]

A pal once emptied a Halifax cashpoint, one of those old ones where you had to lift a door to get your money.
He only wanted £20 but it just kept on filling the draw, ended up with nearly £2.5k. When we got back in my car and the four of us discussed what to do with it and if the Halifax could trace him.
Like the good boys we are we went straight to police station.

He got a small reward, interviewed for local newspaper and there was a 1/2 page cartoon in The Sun.

 

[Djmiles]

If it was a small amount such as £5-£20, just a single note, then I would probably keep it.

Anymore then I would hand it in to the police station I think.

 

[Trigger]

Take the lot and blow it on a hooker or four.

 

[Da Man Clay]

Keep the lot, unless I was traceable in anyway.

 

[Gully]

If it was just a single note, say £5 or £10 then I would probably keep it and put it in a charity box, anything over that amount then I would hand it in to the Police.

 

[Giraffe]

As a student I found a roll of tenners on the pavement, about £70 I seem to recall. Decided to give it to the police as I worried that it may have been some old ladies pension. Got it back three months later when it went unclaimed. Think I would do the same again though.

 

[ali jenkins]

keep it, unless it was dodgy, then id hand it in to the police and claim my reward!

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

As a student I found a roll of tenners on the pavement, about £70 I seem to recall. Decided to give it to the police as I worried that it may have been some old ladies pension. Got it back three months later when it went unclaimed. Think I would do the same again though.

I might pop into my local plod station tonight and claim to have lost some money. See if any has been handed in. I could also go to BR lost property and get myself an umbrella.

 

[clapham_gull]

I found between £400-500 quid in a wallet.



...handed it in.

 

[Giraffe]

I might pop into my local plod station tonight and claim to have lost some money. See if any has been handed in. I could also go to BR lost property and get myself an umbrella.

You may have to have some idea where you lost it though!

 

[empire]

depends on the way you have been brought up,me i would hand it in,last year lost my mobile and wallet on train,one hour later had a phone call from a very honest person,one day it might be you

 

[Spunk Bubble]

Keep it always. The old theory that it might be an old persons is crap.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

You may have to have some idea where you lost it though!

If I knew where I had lost it..it wouldnt be lost. Somewhere in Brighton.

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

If it wasn't in someone's wallet, I'm afraid to say I'd keep the lot. If no-one saw me. And I'd go and launder it somewhere as well.

 

[Beach Hut]

I found a £20 note at Victoria on the pavement and kept it - shame on me

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

I know someone who found 10,000 in 1950 somthing. They handed it in and got a good roasting from their dad for doing so... i'd keep it. If it was a wallet i'd hand it in

 

[spooky]

Keep it and give it to dick knight toward the falmer fund

 

[Lady Whistledown]

*In theory*, you could be prosecuted for the offence of theft by finding if you kept it.

The law requires you to take reasonable steps to trace the owner of property, for example handing it in to the police if it was a wallet, or knocking on doors, if it was a dog.

In the case of £2000, or even £200, it's highly probable that the owner would miss it, and that by giving the exact location and denomination of the cash, they could reasonably prove it was theirs. So "reasonable steps" would include handing it in to see if anyone claims it, for example.

In the case of £20, on the other hand, the loser is unlikely to be able to prove ownership, and even less likely to report it, there the reasonable steps might be- for example- simply ascertaining if anybody around you had dropped it.

All this is purely speculation, of course, as to be pursued for such a matter requires someone to actually SEE you do it...