1.   Surprisingly the courts have distinguished deviation cases from ones in which the accused has obtained the use of a conveyance by fraud.

2.   Therefore, the accused did not obtain the price of the deception.

3.   A deception as to present intentions occurs where, for instance, the accused obtains money in advance for building work and then decamps.

4.   If the victim is not deceived, the accused has not obtained by deception.

5.   By that misrepresentation the accused obtained both property and a pecuniary advantage.

6.   The accused would, however, be guilty if the lease already existed and the accused dishonestly obtained an assignment of it.

7.   Similarly, if the accused obtains possession or control without ownership, he is guilty.