The word "menaces" was adopted from sections 29(1)(i) and 30 of the Larceny Act 1916.
In England and Wales, the term fraudulent conversion was superseded by the identically named offences under the Larceny Act 1901 and sections 20 and 21 of the Larceny Act 1916.
Offences of embezzlement were formerly created by sections 18 and 19 of the Larceny Act 1916.
The offence of obtaining by false pretences, contrary to section 32(1) of the Larceny Act 1916, was replaced by the offence of obtaining property by deception, contrary to section 15 of the Theft Act 1968.
Section 50 of the Larceny Act 1861 was repealed by section 48(1) of, and the Schedule to, the Larceny Act 1916.
The Larceny Act 1916 had codified the common law, including larceny itself, but it remained a complex web of offences.
Section 29(1)(i) of the Larceny Act 1916 formerly created the offence of uttering a letter or writing demanding property with menaces.
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