United States v. Van Auken
Supreme Court of the United States
Certifícate of division in opinion between the judges of ■ the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District jf Michigan. ■ ... The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Swayne
The act of Congress of July 17, 1862, sect. 2 (12 Stat. 592 ; Rev. Stat. 711, sect. 3583), declares that “ no private corporation, banking association, .firm, of individual shall make, issue, • circulate, or pay out any note, check, memorandum, token, or other obligation, for a less sum than one dollar,- intended to circulate.as money, or to be received or used in lieu of lawful money, of the United States,” and denounces as a penálty for the offence fine ór imprisonment, or both. .
Yan Auken was indicted under this act for circulating the “ obligations ” of the Bangor Furnace Company, a…
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