United States v. Staats
Supreme Court of the United States
This case came up from the Circuit Court for the Northern District of New York, on a certificate of division in opinion between the judges thereof. It was an indictment under the act of March 3d, 1823, entitled “ An act for the punishment of frauds committed on the government of the United States.”
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This case came up from the Circuit Court for the Northern District of New York, on a certificate of division in opinion between the judges thereof. It was an indictment under the act of March 3d, 1823, entitled “ An act for the punishment of frauds committed on the government of the United States.” (3 Stat. at Large, 771, 772.) By the first section it is enacted, — “ That if any person or persons shall falsely make, alter, forge, or counterfeit; or cause or procure to be falsely made, altered, forged, or counterfeited; or willingly aid or assist in the false making, altering, forging, or…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson
The prisoner was indicted under the third section of the act of Congress, passed 3d March, 1S23, entitled “ An act for the punishment of frauds committed on .the government of the United States.”
The section provides, that if any person shall falsely make, alter, forge, or counterfeit, &c., any deed, power of attorney, order, certificate, receipt, -or other writing, for the purpose of obtaining or receiving, or of enabling' any other person or persons, either directly or indirectly, to obtain or receive from the United States, or any of their officers or agents, any sum or sums of money; or…
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