People v. Finch
New York Supreme Court
THE prisoner was indicted, tried and convicted, at the last oyer and terminer held in Orange county, for forging a note for the payment of money, in the words following, to wit: “ Due Jacob Finch, 1 dollar on settlement this day, February 7th, 1809. David KnirhtP JJ 1 a Judgment was respited, and the prisoner being brought up on a habeas corpus, it was moved in arrest of judgment, that the forged paper was not a note for the payment of money, within the statute.
1Per curiam
This is a note for the payment of money within the statute. A similar question arose in the case of Matthew Mackey, before this court, in August term, 1806. He was convicted for forging a paper, in the following words: “ Due from Benjamin Sands to Matthew Mackey, the sum of one pound, on the first day of the month called April, 1801. Benjamin Sands.” And the court decided, that it was a note within the statute. - Judgment, that the prisoner be imprisoned in the state prison for five years.
2Cited by1 opinion
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