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K439 Thief loses his goods or is detected – miscellaneous
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- Betrayal through exchange of stolen goods · K439.1 entry
- Thief claims that stolen goods are his own: detected by master · K439.2 entry
- Thief tricked into robbing himself. He has placed a coat on the goods to be stolen. His associate changes the place of the coat · K439.3 entry
- Thief leaves food untouched when owner pretends to be poisoned by it. (Playing poison.) · K439.4 entry
- Sheep thief pretends to buy wethers from the ram, names the price himself. Owner overhears, takes the ram to the thief to collect · K439.5 entry
- Robbers fed poisoned food · K439.6 entry
- Robber induced to give respite and come to man's office to get promised larger sum. Cheated · K439.7 entry
- Owner pretends to think thief is family god and binds him · K439.8 entry
- Owner feigns madness and thus raises alarm: thieves captured · K439.9 entry
- Hidden person sees robbers concealing treasure and takes it · K439.10 entry
- Thief hides in large bottle to get into room: bottle put into water to boil · K439.11 entry