Williams v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Quarter Sessions of Mercer county. This was an indictment against George W. Williams, charging him with making and passing counterfeit bank notes. It contained seven counts, on the sixth only of which the defendant was convicted.
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Error to the Quarter Sessions of Mercer county. This was an indictment against George W. Williams, charging him with making and passing counterfeit bank notes. It contained seven counts, on the sixth only of which the defendant was convicted. That count was as follows:— “ And the grand inquest aforesaid, inquiring as aforesaid, upon their oaths and affirmations aforesaid, do further present that the said George W. Williams, on the day and year aforesaid, at the county and within the jurisdiction aforesaid, unlawfully and wickedly did conspire, combine, confederate, and agree with one Edward…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Lowrie, C. J.
Cheating or defrauding by means of any false token or writing, or by any false pretences whatsoever, is punishable by imprisonment, in the penitentiary or the county jail, not exceeding one year; and conspiracy to cheat in that way cannot be more severely punished: Act 12th July 1842, § 21; 5 Barr 60.
We regard the sixth count of this indictment as charging a conspiracy to cheat a given person by false tokens or writings, that is, by counterfeit bank notes; and though this could formerly be punished more severely than above indicated, 3 S.…
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