United States v. Stevens
District Court, W.D. Virginia
At Law. Harrison Stevens had been indicted under the provisions of section 5430 of the Revised Statutes of the United States for having in his possession or custody, without authority from the secretary of the treasury or other proper officer, an obligation or other security engraved and printed after the similitude of an obligation or other security, issued under the authority of the United States, with intent to sell or otherwise use the same.
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At Law. Harrison Stevens had been indicted under the provisions of section 5430 of the Revised Statutes of the United States for having in his possession or custody, without authority from the secretary of the treasury or other proper officer, an obligation or other security engraved and printed after the similitude of an obligation or other security, issued under the authority of the United States, with intent to sell or otherwise use the same. In the progress of the trial the evidence disclosed that the obligation or security in question was a genuine note of the Bank of Mecklenburg, N. C.,…
1Opinion of the Court
Paul, District Judge.
The indictment in this case is under the following provision of section 5430 of the Revised Statutes of the United States:
“Every person * a * who has in his possession or custody, except under authority from the secretary of the treasury or other proper officer, any obligation or other security engraved and printed after the similitude of any obligation or other security issued under the authority of the United States, with intent to sell or otherwise use the same, * * * shall be punished ;[in the manner prescribed in the statute.]”*
The evidence before the court, at…
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