Commonwealth v. Boutwell

The indictment in the first count charges that the defendant “ did falsely make, forge and counterfeit a certain, false, forged and counterfeit accountable receipt for money,” a copy of which is set forth. The second count is like the first, except that it describes the instrument as a “ discharge,” instead of a “receipt.” The evidence at the trial was, that the defendant inserted additional words and figures in a genuine receipt for money paid to one Buck, by which the amount named in the original receipt was increased from $50 to $750.

It is contended that this does not support the charge of…