United States v. Britton
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
Indictment for a forgery in altering a bank check. The indictment contains three counts. The substance of the first count was, that John Britton, the prisoner, having in his possession a certain order and check on the cashier of the office of discount and deposit of the Bank of the United States, at Boston, (setting forth in words and figures an order for $104, on the said cashier, signed by Thomas Wilson, the cashier of the parent bank at Philadelphia,) the said Britton, at…
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Indictment for a forgery in altering a bank check. The indictment contains three counts. The substance of the first count was, that John Britton, the prisoner, having in his possession a certain order and check on the cashier of the office of discount and deposit of the Bank of the United States, at Boston, (setting forth in words and figures an order for $104, on the said cashier, signed by Thomas Wilson, the cashier of the parent bank at Philadelphia,) the said Britton, at said Boston, on the 31st of December, then last past, altered the said check, by obliterating and defacing the words,…
1Opinion of the CourtStory, Circuit Justice
(charging jury). This is an indictment for the forgery of a check, drawn by the cashier of the Bank of the United States at Philadelphia upon the cashier of the branch at Boston. The forgery is alleged in the indictment to consist in the alteration of a genuine check, drawn for 104 dollars, to the sum of $9,090. The indictment sets forth the tenor of the original cheek, and the specific alterations made; and under these circumstances the government is undoubtedly held- to strict proof of the instrument as set forth; and if there be any material variance or defect in the proof, the prisoner is…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SnellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1807
- Commonwealth v. HoughtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1811
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