Ok, fair enough . . . so if I’m sentenced for trying to steal your dog, it’s ok to skip out as long as you get your dog back?
Heck no!! My dog and I will come check on you in jail. Just because the victim has been made whole, the crime was still committed and must be punished. (Oh, and my dog would never let you steal him...he would fetch you to death! You'd be begging me to take him back!)