United States v. Morrow
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania
The prisoner was indicted for forging certain coins in the similitude of the half dollar coins, coined at the mint of the United States, and for passing and attempting to pass the same to defraud one John Sailor; these of-fences being stated in separate counts.
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The prisoner was indicted for forging certain coins in the similitude of the half dollar coins, coined at the mint of the United States, and for passing and attempting to pass the same to defraud one John Sailor; these of-fences being stated in separate counts. The evidence of Sailor was, that a small boy, eight or ten years old, came to his store and purchased some articles, for which, he offered in payment, one of these forged pieces, being made of pewter; which he instantly detected to be false, and had the boy apprehended, and taken before the mayor. The prisoner confessed that he had…
1Opinion of the Court
WASHINGTON, Circuit Justice,
charged the jury, that if they believed Sailor, the of-fence of attempting to pass the forged piece was fully made out; as the attempt made by the agent of the prisoner, employed by him, was his attempt; and his contract with the boy, together with the other evidence, was strong to prove that he knew the pieces to be forged. But after all, the jury, before they can convict the prisoner, ought to be satisfied that the resemblance of the piece offered to Sailor to the genuine half dollar of the United States is sufficiently strong to deceive persons exercising…
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