State v. . Lamb
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Indictment for. forgery-tried before Pool, J., at Spring Term, 1871, of Perquimans Superior Court. The indictment contained two Counts, the first of which is vonjy.materialto.he stated,..and is as folio ¡vs, to wit: “ STATE OE NORTH CAROLINA, “ Perquimans County, “ Superior Court, Fall Term, 1871. “The Jurors for the State upon their oath present that Joseph Lamb, of color, late of said county, at and in said county, with force and arms on the 20th day of September, A. D.…
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Indictment for. forgery-tried before Pool, J., at Spring Term, 1871, of Perquimans Superior Court. The indictment contained two Counts, the first of which is vonjy.materialto.he stated,..and is as folio ¡vs, to wit: “ STATE OE NORTH CAROLINA, “ Perquimans County, “ Superior Court, Fall Term, 1871. “The Jurors for the State upon their oath present that Joseph Lamb, of color, late of said county, at and in said county, with force and arms on the 20th day of September, A. D. 1870, falsely and fraudulently did forge and counterfeit, and cause and procure to be forged and counterfeited, a certain…
1Opinion of the CourtDick, J.
The question presented on the motion in arrest of judgment, is whether the forged paper writing set forth in haec verba in the indictment, and described as an “ order for the delivery of goods ” comes within the meaning of our statute. Rev. Code, ch. 34, sec. 59.
The same language is used in the statute, 7 Geo. 2, and has frequently received judicial construction in England.
“ A forged order on a tradesman in the name of a customer, requesting that the goods mentioned in it, might be delivered to the bearer, is not within the statute, 7 Geo. 2, if the customer has no interest in the goods…
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