 | Emlin McClain - 1882 - 244 страници
...983-1000; May Cr. L., §§ 177179; 4 Bl. Com., 235. IO4 CRIMINAL LAW, FORGERY. DEFINED. — Forger}' is: "The fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's right." (Blackstone.) "The fraudulent making of a false writing, which, if genuine,would... | |
 | Samuel Robinson Clarke, Henry Pigott Sheppard - 1882 - 638 страници
...to lay a crime on any one against whom he had a grudge, (a) Forgery. — This offence is defined as the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's right, (t) or as a false making, or making malo animo, oi any written instrument, for... | |
 | Ontario. High Court of Justice - 1882 - 706 страници
...the right of another.' " Forgery is denned in Russell on Crimes, Vol. ii., 5th ed., p. 618, to be, " the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's right ; or, more recently, as a false making, a making maln animo of any written instrument... | |
 | Ontario. High Court of Justice - 1884 - 706 страници
...prisoner is charged is forgery at common law. The definition given by Sir W. Blaekstone, 4 Com. 247, is "the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's right." Sir John T. Coleridge in his edition of Blackstone, in a note on this passage... | |
 | Edward Henslowe Bedford - 1884 - 318 страници
...years' penal servitude, or imprisonment, &c. Define forgery, and what is the essence of the crime ? It is the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's rights, or of a stamp to the prejudice of the revenue. The intention to defraud is the... | |
 | 1887 - 956 страници
...manner as if the name so affixed was the name of a person in being. Forgery is generally defined to be the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's right. The intent to defraud is the very essence of the crime. To constitute the offense,... | |
 | Aviet Agabeg, William Frederick Barry - 1884 - 286 страници
...of an unauthorised (e) signature not amounting to a forgery (/). (a) Forgery has been defined to be the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's right, 4 Bl. Com. 247; it is forgery to make a deed fraudulently with a false date, when... | |
 | 1912 - 624 страници
...sections 514 and 515 of the Penal Code.) Forgery is a crime at common law, and as such it is denned to be the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's right. (Blackstone's Commentaries, book 4, 247.) Forgery is also made a crime by our... | |
 | Jeremiah Sullivan Black - 1885 - 650 страници
...shall not be counted. That being settled, let us see what follows in the case under consideration. Forgery is the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another's right. If the returning board and Governor of Louisiana willfully, fraudulently, and falsely make a certificate... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1885 - 626 страници
...compensation, or be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for two months. III. Forgery, or the crimen fain, is the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's right ; for which the offender may at common law suffer imprisonment, and might have... | |
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Forgery at common law has been defined as 'the fraudulent making or alteration of a writing to the prejudice of another man's right 
