 The appellate court held that, at the time of finding, there was no mens rea to support a conviction of larceny.In some jurisdictions this has been addressed by statute; see, for example, s. 124, "Crimes Act" 1900 (NSW) allowing a jury to reach an alternative verdict of "fraudulent appropriation".Some have argued that finding should not be a province for the criminal law system but that any dispute as to ownership be left to resolution via a civil suit.