Chapter XIX
                            
                            
                        
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            OF THE CHARGE
                            
                            
                        
                    
                 
            
            
                
                    
                        Joinder of Charges
                        
                        
                    
                
                
            
            
                
                    
                    
                    
                    
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        	When a person is charged with one offence, he can be convicted of another
                        
                        
                    
                    
                    
                    
                
            
            
                
                	237. If, in the case mentioned in section 236, the accused is charged with one offence, and it appears in evidence that he committed a different offence for which he might have been charged under the provisions of that section, he may be convicted of the offence which he is shown to have committed, although he was not charged with it.
 
 
 
 
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	A is charged with theft. It appears that he committed the offence of criminal breach of trust, or that of receiving stolen goods. He may be convicted of criminal breach of trust or of receiving stolen goods (as the case may be) though he was not charged with such offence.
                
                
                
                
                
                
            
 
        
            
        
        
            
        
        
        
        
    
    
    
        
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