The People v. . Raymond
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the first judicial department, entered upon an order made January 21, 1884, which affirmed a judgment of the Court of General Sessions in and for the city and county of New York, entered upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of forgery in the first degree, in altering and disposing of, with intent to defraud, a certain altered coupon issued by the Union Pacific Railroad Company.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the first judicial department, entered upon an order made January 21, 1884, which affirmed a judgment of the Court of General Sessions in and for the city and county of New York, entered upon a verdict convicting the defendant of the crime of forgery in the first degree, in altering and disposing of, with intent to defraud, a certain altered coupon issued by the Union Pacific Railroad Company. The defendant was sentenced to imprisonment for life. (Reported below, 32 Hun, 123.) The material facts are stated in the opinion. fío…
1Opinion of the CourtFinch, J.
Many of the objections taken to the conviction and sentence of the accused admit of brief answers. There was proof tending to show that the alleged altered coupon was in fact altered; enough at least to carry that question to the jury and sustain their verdict when rendered. That there was no evidence of an intent to defraud on the part of the prisoner is maintained on the ground that the railroad company could not be defrauded by the payment of their own coupon, although it had been stolen from the true owner. But the bonds and coupons were numbered and so could be identified, and the…
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