People v. Wilson
New York Supreme Court
THE prisoner, Wilson, was, convicted, at the last oyer e e and terminer, held m Washington county, of uttering, as - - true, knowing it to be false, &c. a forged promissory r ,, - , , , note, for the payment of money, purporting to be a bank note of the Vermont state bank, for 75 cents, payable to t^ie bearer, at their office of discount and deposit, at Woodstock, &c. with intent to defraud one James Watson, ^c"5 anc* also, for feloniously having the same note in his…
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THE prisoner, Wilson, was, convicted, at the last oyer e e and terminer, held m Washington county, of uttering, as - - true, knowing it to be false, &c. a forged promissory r ,, - , , , note, for the payment of money, purporting to be a bank note of the Vermont state bank, for 75 cents, payable to t^ie bearer, at their office of discount and deposit, at Woodstock, &c. with intent to defraud one James Watson, ^c"5 anc* also, for feloniously having the same note in his possession, with intent to pass it, and to defraud r ’ , some person, or body politic unknown. (See act, sess. . , n-*1 , \ 24»…
1Per curiam
The act of the 21st of March, 1801, (Laws, vol. 1. p. 251. sess. 24. c. 54.) makes it felony to forge or utter and publish any promissory note, for the payment of money. This was, undoubtedly, a. promissory note, on the face of it, and purported to be good and valid. Notes of this description are not absolutely void, for they may be collected of the bank of Vermont. But, for the purposes of circulation, they are void, in this *321state; for the act, (Laws, vol. 5. p. 224. sess. 30. c. 173.) , , , ,, in. . •declares that “ no person shall give or receive in payment of any debt or demand…
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