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R v Sedgwick is a 1972 criminal court case. It was heard by the Magistrate's Court in Leeds, England. The defendant Reginald Sedgwick was accused of theft for stealing Cleckheaton Central railway station by demolishing it and removing material from the site. The jury found him not guilty but the case is used in English law as a reference for stating that buildings can legally be stolen.