Date   : Fri, 25 May 1984 0026 :00PDT
From   : John McCarthy <JMC@SU-AI.ARPA>
Subject: re: Clarification of earlier message on BBS's (from SAIL's BBOARD) 

jmc - It seems to me that under the usual interpretations of law, in
order to prove the system proprietor guilty under the above codes, it
would have to be at least proved that he knew about this illegal use of his
computer and tolerated it.  The seizure of property as evidence on the
basis of a search warrant doesn't even constitute an accusation against
the person from whom it was seized.  I believe that evidence can be seized
even from the victim of a crime.  It would be interesting to know whether
the telephone credit card number was that of some random individual or
belonged to some institution against which someone had a grudge.