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52.1 Theft Of Mail Matter 18 USC § 1708 (First Paragraph) Title 18, United States code, Sect ion 1708, makes it a Federal crimeor offense for anyone to steal mail matter from the United States mails. The Defendant can be found guilty of that offense only if all of the following facts are proved beyond a reasonable doubt:First: That the [letter] [package] [mail matter] described in the indictment was [in the United States mails] [in a post office or station thereof] [in a letter box] [in a mail receptacle] [ in a mail rout e] [in an authorized depository for mail matter] [with a letter or mail carrier]; andSecond: That the Defendant did knowingly and willfully steal, take or abstract it from the mail as charged in the indictment. A private mail box or mail receptacle is an " authorized depository for mail matter."The words " steal," " take" and "abstract" include any act by which aperson willfully obtains possession of property that belongs to someone else, without the owner's permission and with the intent to deprive the owner of the benefit s of ownership by converting it to one's own use or the use of someone else. ANNOTATIONS AND COMMENTS 18 USC § 17 08 (first paragraph) provides: Whoever steals, takes, or abstracts . . . from or out of any mail, post office, or station thereof, letter box, mail receptacle, or any mail route or other authorized depository for mail matter, or from a letter or mail carrier, any letter, postal card, package, bag, or mail [shall be guilt y of an offense against the United States]. Maximum Penalty: Five (5) years imprisonment and applicable fine.