State v. . Britt
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was an indictment for forgery, tried before his Honor Judge Dantei, at Robeson,, on the last circuit. The first count charged the defendant with haying forged an order for the delivery of goods, with intent to. defraud John II. Powell. The second count charged him with the forgery of an order for the payment of money, with a similar intent.
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This was an indictment for forgery, tried before his Honor Judge Dantei, at Robeson,, on the last circuit. The first count charged the defendant with haying forged an order for the delivery of goods, with intent to. defraud John II. Powell. The second count charged him with the forgery of an order for the payment of money, with a similar intent. The third with having in his possession a forged order for the delivery of goods, and Avith “ uttering and publishing it as true,”, also with the intent of defrauding Powell. The fourth count was exactly similar to the last except that the order w as…
1Opinion of the Court
• Rueetn, Judge.'
There seems to be no reason to doubt the correctness of any of the opinions pronounced in the Superior Court, except that which relates to the force of the words u utter and publish,” in the third and fourth counts. They were held to he synonymous with u show forth in evidence.” The former phraseology is that of the statutes relating to counterfeit money; the latter, of the acts for punishing forgery of private instruments. The different subjects may, of themselves, account for the difference of the terms used ; and seem to require a different meaning» But títere is a…
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