| Oliver Lorenzo Barbour - 1841 - 834 Seiten
...building within the curtilage.(a) 3. FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING. Forgery, at common law, has been defined to be the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing, to the prejudice of another man's right ;(6) or, as the false making or alteration of a written instrument with intent to deceive and... | |
| William Oldnall Russell - 1843 - 1190 Seiten
...offenro of forgery. CHAPTER THE THIRTY-SECOND. OF FORGERY. FORGERY at common law has been defined as "the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's right ;" (a) or, more recently, as " a false making, a making malo animo, of any written instrument,... | |
| Thomas Frederick Simmons - 1843 - 678 Seiten
...imprisonment, or other corporal1 punishment, in the discretion of the court.* Forgery has also been defined, the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another's right ;3 also, the false making of an instrument, with intention to defraud.4 It is not intended... | |
| Peter Burke - 1844 - 294 Seiten
...as if such offender were the true and lawful owner. FORGERY. Forgery is defined by Blackstone as " the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another SENTENCES. life, or for any term not ess than seven years, or imprisonment for any term not exceeding... | |
| Massachusetts. Commissioners on Criminal Law - 1844 - 448 Seiten
...1826, p. 7, a.21, &c.) gives the following definitions of forgery, viz. By Mr. Justice Blackstone : " The fraudulent making or alteration of a writing, to the prejudice of another's right." (4 Com. 247.) Mr. Justice Buller: " The making a false instrument with intent to... | |
| Alabama. Supreme Court - 1844 - 896 Seiten
...reeommendation with the terms employed by the legislature. Forgery, at common law, has been defined to be " the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prcj.idice of another man's rights" or "a false making, a making malo animo.of any written instrument,... | |
| Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 852 Seiten
...effusions of Connna's forgetive imagination. Malone. Life of Dryden, p. 3cL>. 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... | |
| Nicholas Hill, New York (State). Supreme Court - 1845 - 726 Seiten
...liberty to aid the prosecutor by an enlarged construction ; but this is not allowable. Forgery is said to be " the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another's right" — " the making of a false instrument with intent to deceive" &c. Now it was urged... | |
| Popular encyclopedia - 1846 - 886 Seiten
...the furnace, it becomes easy to raise the heat to almost any degree required. FORGERY, at common law; the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's rights, or making, mala anhno, of any written instrument for the purpose of fraud and deceit ; the... | |
| William Conway Keele - 1851 - 734 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 man's right. It is a misdemeanor at common law, punishable by fine, imprisonment and pillory. — 4 Bl. Com.... | |
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