United States v. John Bailey
Supreme Court of the United States
GN a certificate of division of opinion of the judges of the circuit court of the United States, of the district’ of Kentucky. The defendant was indicted under the act of March 3d 1823, entitled “ an act for' the punishment of frauds committed on the government of the United States.”
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GN a certificate of division of opinion of the judges of the circuit court of the United States, of the district’ of Kentucky. The defendant was indicted under the act of March 3d 1823, entitled “ an act for' the punishment of frauds committed on the government of the United States.” The act provides, “ that if any person.or persons shall falsely make, alter, forge or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, altered, forged or counterfeited, or willingly aid or assist in the false making, altering, forging or counterfeiting any deed, power of attorney, order, certificate, receipt…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marshall
This is a case certified to this' court from the circuit court of the United States, for the seventh circuit and district of Kentucky, on which the judges of. that court were divided in opinion.
An indictment had been found against John Bailey upon the act of March 3d 1823, for the punishment of frauds committed against the United States.-
After the-attorney for the prosecution had laid his whole casé before the court aud jury* the counsel for the prisoner moved the court to instruct the jury, that the evidence did not conduce to establish the offence denounced by the first section of the act…
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