However, property which has been returned to the original owner, or otherwise lawful custody, is no longer regarded as stolen, by section 24(3).

"Treason, conspiracy, attempted murder, escape from lawful custody," Wolfe listed.

Oosterman was charged with disorderly behaviour likely to cause violence and escaping lawful custody but later won his court case and had the charges dropped.

Justice White, again writing for the majority, said that because the police had probable cause to make the arrest, the suspect was in lawful custody once he left his home.

The effect of the arrest is that the arrestee is in lawful custody.

Similarly, it is not blackmail where the accused extorts a position of honour or release from lawful custody.

He was charged with resisting and obstructing a police officer, operating a vehicle under the influence of liquor, escape from lawful custody and driving with a suspended license.

Martin Meehan had been arrested after escaping from Crumlin Road Jail and charged with escaping from lawful custody.

If you do not allow me to take your wife into lawful custody, you will regrettably be shot and killed while attempting to keep me from the course of my duty.

Further, courts in different states sometimes enter conflicting custody decrees, giving each parent some basis for claiming lawful custody.