Ambiguous Legalities
The people decided that the law should have catered to the person who held the item, and not those who wanted it. Kate had been unfairly prosecuted and victimized in a bullying and victimizing manner.
Aimless
As one particularly perceptive Coventry resident called Alan pointed out, Kate had been unreasonably charged, seeing as the piedfort had come into her hands prior to the Treasure Act’s 1996 establishment. So, if Kate had discovered the item prior to 1996, would the Act’s power still relevant?