United States v. Randenbush

The defendant was indicted in April 1833, in.the circuit court for the district of Pennsylvania, for passing a counterfeit note of the denomination of ten dollars, purporting to be a note of the Bank, of the United Slates, with intent to defraud the bank, &c.

He pleaded that the note described in the indictment had been heretofore given in evidence on the trial of the defendant, upon a former indictment found against him for passing another counterfeit ten dollar note, upon which indictment he had been acquitted.

The United States demurred to this plea, and the defendant joined in demurrer.

The…