State v. Carr
Superior Court of New Hampshire
This was an indictment, in which it was alleged that Carr, cn the 17th February, 1829, with force and arms, at Amherst, in said county of Hillsborough, feloniously and fraudulently, did utter, publish and pass in payment, as true, to one Perley Dodge, a certain false, forged and counterfeited bank note, falsely made, forgecl and counterfeited, in imitation of, and purporting to be, a bank note, issued by the president, directors, and company of the Mechan ick’s Bank, which…
Read the full summary
This was an indictment, in which it was alleged that Carr, cn the 17th February, 1829, with force and arms, at Amherst, in said county of Hillsborough, feloniously and fraudulently, did utter, publish and pass in payment, as true, to one Perley Dodge, a certain false, forged and counterfeited bank note, falsely made, forgecl and counterfeited, in imitation of, and purporting to be, a bank note, issued by the president, directors, and company of the Mechan ick’s Bank, which said president, directors, and company of the Mechanick’s Bank, aforesaid, then were, and for along time before had been,…
1Opinion of the CourtRichardson, C. J.
It is contended, that there ought to be a new trial in this case, because the copy of the charter of the Me-chatxick’s Bank, which was offered in evidence to the jury, was not properly authenticated.
A statute of the United States, passed May 36, 1790, enacts, that <£ the acts of the legislatures of the several states shall be authenticated by having the seal of their respective states affixed thereto.” And it has been decided in the circuit court, for one of the circuits in the United States, that where the seal of the state is affixed to an exemplification of an act of the legislature, the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Commonwealth v. Union Fire & Marine InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1809
- Commonwealth v. WardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1807
3Cited by5 opinions
- Robertson v. StarkSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1844
- Bowman v. Sanborn & HarperSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1852
- Dunlap v. WaldoSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1833
- Pease v. PeckSupreme Court of the United States · 1856
- State v. Fourth N. H. TurnpikeSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1844