Collins v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In Error. ERROR to the Quarter Sessions of Dauphin countyy upon an indictment and sentence against the plaintiffs in error, the defendants below, for conspiracy.
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In Error. ERROR to the Quarter Sessions of Dauphin countyy upon an indictment and sentence against the plaintiffs in error, the defendants below, for conspiracy. The indictment charged, that the defendants “ falsely,. “ unlawfully, and wickedly did conspire, combine, confede- “ rate and agree among themselves, to deceive and defraud, “ and to cause to be deceived and defrauded, divers of the “ citizens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, of great “ sums of money, by means of false pretences, and false, ille“gal, and unauthorised paper writings, in the form and similitude of bank notes, which…
1Opinion of the Court
Tilghman C. J.
The plaintiffs in error, Thomas Collins , .. , r , , ana others, were convicted of a conspiracy to deceive and defraud divers citizens of the Commonwealth, of great sums of money, by means of false pretences, and false, illegal, and unauthorised paper writings, in the form and similitude of bank notes, which were of no value, and purported to have been promissory notes for the payment of divers sums of money, on demand, by “ the Ohio exporting and importing “ company,” and to have been signed by Z. Sharp, as president, and J. Lance, as cashier, when, in fact, no such banking…
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