 | Edward William Cox - 1861 - 582 Seiten
...made and uttered by the prisoner with intent to defraud. The definition of forgery at common law is "the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's right:" (2 Rus. on Crimes, 318; 4 Black. Com. 247 ; Stark. Crim. Law, 468 ; 2 East.^PC c. 19, a. 49,... | |
 | Sir Harry Bodkin Poland - 1862 - 102 Seiten
...of as such court shall think fit. (e) " Forge or counterfeit." — Forgery at common law is defined to be " the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's right," or as "a false making, a making, maloanimo, of any written instrument for the purpose of fraud... | |
 | 1863 - 620 Seiten
...that the facts proved at the trial amount to proof of a forgery by .Brown. Blackstoue defines forgery at Common Law to be "the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's right." [BLACKBUKX, J. — It is not enough even to show that it is a forgery at Common Law : yon must... | |
 | Henry John Stephen - 1863 - 770 Seiten
...which was punished by the civil law with deportation or banishment, and sometimes with death ( h). It may with us be defined, at common law, to be the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing,] or seal, [to the prejudice of another man's right ;] or of a stamp, to the prejudice of the revenue... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1864 - 624 Seiten
...false pretences, and other frauds of that description, were not felonies. "Forgery," says .Blackstone, "may with us be defined at common law, to be the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing, to the Bell v. Cafferty. prejudice of another man's right; for which the offender may suffer fine, imprisonment,... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1865 - 642 Seiten
...by the civil law with deportation or banishment, and sometimes with death. It may with us be denned at common law to be, " the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's right;" for which the offender may suffer imprisonment, and formerly might have been set in the pillory.... | |
 | Joel Prentiss Bishop - 1865 - 806 Seiten
...And they cite the following definitions, by English authors and judges : Air. Justice Blachstone. " The fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's right. 4 Bl. Com. 247. Air. Justice BuUer. " The making a false instrument with intent to deceive."... | |
 | Thomas Campbell Foster, William Francis Finlason - 1867 - 1150 Seiten
...different effect. (c) Blackstone, by Stephen, Vol. IV. p. 205, thus defines the crime : — " It may be defined at common law to be the fraudulent making...alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's right, and so as that the instrument shall purport on the face of it to be good and valid for the purpose... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - 1867 - 810 Seiten
...resemblance, bat it л by me civil law with deportation or banishment, and sometimes with death (o). It may with us be defined, at common law, to be, " the frau(«) Intt. 4. 18. 7. sufficient if the instrument counterfeited be prima facie fitted to pass for... | |
 | 1868 - 654 Seiten
...Windsor, 6 New Rep. 96; 10 Сох. С. С. 118; U Jur. N S. 807. Forgery is defined in 4 Bl. Com 247, to be " the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's right ;" and this is substantially the definition accepted and approved of in Reg. v. Smith, 1 Dearsley... | |
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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 
