...Silk.) 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, maloanimo, of any written instrument for the purpose of fraud and deceit ; the...

...familiar judicial language at all times. By the common law, as interpreted by Blackstone, forgery is the " fraudulent making or alteration of a writing, to the prejudice of another's right." We have no reason to distrust the definition, since many text writers, of good repute,...

...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...

...(4 Black. Com. 176—200; Key, div. " Criminal Law," p. 22, 2nd edit.). XI. Forgery. — Forgery is the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's right, with a view to put it forth as a genuine document, so as to defraud some one (Reg. v. Marcutt,...

...The offence of forgery was] punishable as a misdemeanour by the common law, and has been defined as' "the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's right " ('). The falsification of records and other matters of a public nature, as a privy seal (2);...

...law was committed. The definition of forgery in 2 Russ. on Crimes and Misdemeanors, p. 318, is said to be " the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's right; and at p. 362 it is said, that the "fraud and intention to deceive constitute the chief ingredients...

...fashion or shape he will."* And there is much reason for the suggestion, forgery being defined as " the fraudulent making, or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's right •" f or, according to another high authority, " the false making, with a corrupt mind, of any...

...was used. The third count is for forgery of the name of John Linnell on a picture. Forgery is defined to be the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing, to the 1858. prejudice of another's right (2 Ruas. on Crimes, 318). GLOSS'S In the case of a written instrument,...

...and solitary confinement may be superadded. IX. Forgery and Uttering. — Forgery is the frauulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's right, with a view to put it off as a genuine document, so as to defraud some one (Reg. v. Marcut,...

...statute, the gist of the crime of forgery is fraud. At common law, the crime of forgery was defined to be "the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's rights." (4 Blac. Com., 247.) As the wants of civilization and commercial necessity established paper...