State v. Randall
Supreme Court of Vermont
WILLIAM RANDALL was indicted by the grand jury within and for the county of Franklin, at the special term of the county court for said county, begun and holden on the 14th day of November, 1826, for counterfeiting bank bills of the Bank of the United States, and also for Having in his possession the same counterfeit bills, with an intention to utter, pass and give them in payment, knowing them to be counterfeit. The indictment contained four counts.
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WILLIAM RANDALL was indicted by the grand jury within and for the county of Franklin, at the special term of the county court for said county, begun and holden on the 14th day of November, 1826, for counterfeiting bank bills of the Bank of the United States, and also for Having in his possession the same counterfeit bills, with an intention to utter, pass and give them in payment, knowing them to be counterfeit. The indictment contained four counts. The first and third were for counterfeiting. — The second was for having in possession, &c. and was as follows :— And the grand jurors aforesaid,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was pronounced by
Hutchinson, J.
The respondent has been heard upon a motion for a new trial, founded on the exceptions; and upon a motion in arrest, relying upon supposed defects in the indictment.
The motion for a new trial will first be considered. The charge of the court excepted to, and which is contrary to what was requested by the respondent’s counsel, is, that the existence of the Bank of the United States, and the fact, that the bank and the said branch thereof, have been in operation, are matters of gen eral knowledge and notoriety, not requiring the formality…
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