Cunningham v. People
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from a conviction in the General Sessions for forgery in the third degree. The plaintiff in error was indicted for forgery in the third degree and brought to trial in the General Sessions on the 24th day of September, 1872. The evidence showed that the prisoner procured to be engraved and printed two books containing blank warrants, purporting to be drawn by the auditor of public accounts of the State of Mississippi, upon the State treasurer of that State; and also…
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Appeal from a conviction in the General Sessions for forgery in the third degree. The plaintiff in error was indicted for forgery in the third degree and brought to trial in the General Sessions on the 24th day of September, 1872. The evidence showed that the prisoner procured to be engraved and printed two books containing blank warrants, purporting to be drawn by the auditor of public accounts of the State of Mississippi, upon the State treasurer of that State; and also procured a seal to be engraved. This work was done in the city of New York, under the prisoner’s directions. He then…
1Opinion of the Court
Brady, J.:
The prisoner was tried and convicted for forging warrants purporting to be drawn by the auditor of public accounts of the State of Mississippi upon the State treasurer of that State. The evidence established the facts that he procured them to be engraved and printed, and a seal also to be made, and that the work was done in this city. It also appears that he filled in the blanks of two warrants, and shipped or sent the books containing all the warrants signed and unsigned, together with the seal, to Jackson, Mississippi, where the package fell into the hands of the authorities. It…
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