Commonwealth v. Russell

1. It is an established exception to the rule forbidding proof of collateral facts, that, in prosecutions for forgery *197and for uttering forged paper, proof is admissible, in order to show an intent to defraud by the forgery, and also to show knowledge on the part of the accused with reference to the particular document which he is charged with uttering, that at or near the time of committing the alleged offence he had passed or had in his possession other similar forged documents. Commonwealth v. Miller, 3 Cush. 243, 250. Commonwealth v. Stone, 4 Met. 43, 47. Commonwealth v. White, 145 Mass.…