 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1833 - 548 Seiten
...Sük.) FLYING SQUIRREL. (See Squirrel.) FOHI. (See Fo.) FONT. (See Fount.) FORGERY, at common law ; the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's rights, or a making, malo animo, of any written instrument for the purpose of fraud and deceit ; the... | |
 | William Conway Keele - 1835 - 680 Seiten
...continues an indictable offence, punishable by fine and imprisonment. Cr. CC 232. FORGERY. FORGERY is the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing, to the prejudice of another roan's right. It is a misdemeanor at common law, punishable by fine, imprisonment and pillory. 4 Bl.... | |
 | Jacob D. Wheeler - 1835 - 620 Seiten
...Savage, CJ Forgery has been often defined by learned jurists. By Mr. Justice Blackstone, " forgery, is the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing, to the prejudice of another's right." By Bnller, Justice, "the making a false instrument with the intent to deceive;" by... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1836 - 704 Seiten
...sometimes with death (o). It may with us be ment with in- »/,•. inii i • tent to defraud ; denned, at common law, to be, ' the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's (,.) Inst. 4, 18, 7. III. Forgery which is the (70) Vide ante, 233, note (15), where the existing punishments... | |
 | Richard Burn - 1836 - 1178 Seiten
...need not be of a public nature, nor of a writing under seal. Forgery at common law is also defined to be the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's right ; and a false making, a making malo animo, of any written instrument for the purpose of fraud... | |
 | Esek Cowen, New York (State). Supreme Court - 1837 - 826 Seiten
...410, s. 13,) as an obtaining of money upon false ptetences, it is not a forgery. The latter is defined to be " the fraudulent making, or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's right." (4 SI. Com. 247.) The definitions in the other books are subsiantially the same ; (2 C/i. CL... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1837 - 656 Seiten
...transportation or imprisonment. The remaining offence of this class is forgery, which Slackstonc defines to be " the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's right." At common law this offence was punishable by fine, imprisonment, and the pillory; but by statutes... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch, John Ramsay M'Culloch - 1839 - 760 Seiten
...transportation or imprisonment. The remaining offence of this class is forgery, which Blackstone defines to be " the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's right." At common law this offence was punishable by fine, imprisonment, and the pillory ; but by statutes... | |
 | Lewis Kerr - 1840 - 132 Seiten
...payment, greatly dimishes the guilt of those who counterfeit it.* The offence at common law is defined to be "the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's right." 4 Blac. Com. 247. By the statute of this state, the offence is confined to certain kinds of... | |
 | Henry Roscoe - 1840 - 908 Seiten
...law ilie offence of forgery was punishable as a misdemeanor. It is defined by Sir fV. Blackstone as " the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's right;" 4 Com. 247 ; and by Mr. East, as "a false making, a making malo animo, of any written instrument... | |
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Forgery at common law has been defined as 'the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's right 
