State v. . Matthews
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was an indictment, tried before his Honor, Judge Caldwell, at the Spring Term, 1856, of Cumberland Superior Court. The indictment charges that William G. Matthews, teller of the Bank of Fayetteville, did, on the 10th day of February, 1856, unlawfully pass to one William Warden, as the representative of, and as the substitute for, money, a bank bill of a less sum than three dollars, to wit, the sum of one dollar, (setting it out,) which said bill was issued by the said…
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This was an indictment, tried before his Honor, Judge Caldwell, at the Spring Term, 1856, of Cumberland Superior Court. The indictment charges that William G. Matthews, teller of the Bank of Fayetteville, did, on the 10th day of February, 1856, unlawfully pass to one William Warden, as the representative of, and as the substitute for, money, a bank bill of a less sum than three dollars, to wit, the sum of one dollar, (setting it out,) which said bill was issued by the said bank without being allowed by its charter to do so; against the form of the statute, &c. There were counts varying the…
1Opinion of the Court
The indictment charges that William G. Matthews, teller of the Bank of Fayetteville, did, on the 10th day of February, 1856, unlawfully pass to one William Warden, as the representative of, and as the substitute for, money, a bank bill of a less sum than three dollars, to wit, the sum of one dollar, (setting it out,) which said bill was issued by the said bank without being allowed by its charter to do so; against the form of the statute, c.
There were counts varying the charge, also one count charging that the defendant did receive, c.
The facts of passing a one dollar bank bill of the bank of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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