United States v. Hopkins

Dick, J.,

(charging jury.) Before the counsel proceeded to address you upon matters of fact, I required them to present to the court their views upon the questions of law involved in this case. The counsel for the defense insisted that the defendant could not be properly convicted on the first count, as the coin alleged to have been pa ssed to the witness Shelton was so imperfectly executed as not to be calculated to deceive a person exercising ordinary caution and observation. The rule of law upon this subject has often been stated by text writers, and also by judges in the trials of similar…