Matsya Purana 227.43

227.43

dhānyānna dhanacauryāṇi kṛtvā kāmaṃ dvijottamaḥ.
sajātīyagṛhādeva kṛcchrārddhena viśudhyati .. 227.42 ..

By observing the Ardha-kṛichhra ordinance a Brâhmaṇa becomes purified of the sin of having committed a theft of corn, money, etc., in the house of another of his own caste.—42