Legal Opinion

State v. Calvin

Chatham Superior Court, Ga.

Decided February 15, 1822Published

Indictment for passing Counterfeit Forged Notes.

1Opinion of the Court

By CHAEMOJÍ, Jutlge.

THE first indictment preferred and found against these persons charges in the first count, Russell Calvin, with the offence of falsely and fraudulently passing a counterfeit note, purporting to be a note of an incorporated Bank, which notes are in circulation in the State of Georgia; and it further charges in the form of a distinct accusation, Samuel Jones, Iienry J. Howell, otherwise called John Bishop, with being severally accessories, advising and encouraging Russell Calvin in and to the perpetration of the felony. The second count charges Russell Calvin, with having…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. United States v. CantrilSupreme Court of the United States · 1807

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