Commonwealth v. Ray
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Forgery. The indictment alleged that the defendant, on the 13th of July 1854, at Boston, “ did falsely make, forge and counterfeit a certain wilting in the form and similitude of a railroad ticket or pass, of the tenor following: New York Central Railroad. Albany to Buffalo. Good this day only, unless indorsed by the conductor.
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Forgery. The indictment alleged that the defendant, on the 13th of July 1854, at Boston, “ did falsely make, forge and counterfeit a certain wilting in the form and similitude of a railroad ticket or pass, of the tenor following: New York Central Railroad. Albany to Buffalo. Good this day only, unless indorsed by the conductor. D. L. Fremyre. fcaid counterfeit writing purporting to be a ticket or pass issued by the New York Central Railroad Company, whereby said corporation promise and assure to the owner and holder thereof a passage in their cars over their railroad, extending from Albany to…
1Opinion of the CourtDewey, J.
The instrument here set forth as the subject of (he alleged forgery is not one included in the enumeration in the Rev. Sts. c. 127, § 1. It is not, therefore, a statute offence. But many writings, not enumerated in the statute, are yet the subjects of forgery at common law. The definition of forgery at common law is quite sufficient to embrace the present case. Take that in 4 Bl. Com. 247, “ the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man’s right,” or that of 2 East P. C. 861, (which is supported by Bac. Ab. Forgery, B, and followed in 2 Bussell on Crimes,…
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