 | 1887 - 1038 Seiten
...21 Wend. 409; Brown v. People, 86 111. 239; Fadner v. People, 2 NY Crim. Rep. 558. A forgery may be "of any writing which, if genuine, m'ight apparently...efficacy or the foundation of a legal liability." Bish. Crim. Law, §523. "It is not alone sufficient that there be a writing and that the writing be... | |
 | 1904 - 1076 Seiten
...exceed $1, and the instrument Is therefore the subject of forgery, under the criterion that "It is a writing which, if genuine, might apparently be of...efficacy, or the foundation of a legal liability." Smith v. State, 29 Fla. 408, 424, 10 South. 894, 898; King v. State. 43 Fla. 211, 31 South. 254. See,... | |
 | 1888 - 1006 Seiten
...predicate forgery of an instrument, the writing must be of such a character that, if genuine, it would apparently be of legal efficacy, or the foundation of a legal liability. Dixon v 8tatet (Ala.) 1 South. Rep. 448. If the instrument appears upon its face to be absolutely void,... | |
 | 1913 - 1068 Seiten
...this charge should have been given. Forgery at common law is defined by Bishop in a general way to be the "false making, or materially altering, with intent to defraud, of any instrument which, if genuine, might apparently be of legal efficacy, or the foundation of a legal liability."... | |
 | Henry Roscoe - 1888 - 732 Seiten
...one without authority, and falsely and with intent to defraud, the name of another to an instrument which, if genuine, might apparently be of legal efficacy or the foundation of a legal liability. State v. Thompson, 19 la. 299. Where an indictment for forgery against the maker of a promissory note... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1889 - 966 Seiten
...deed clearly a forgery under the best definitions of that oflense. Bishop defines "forgery " to be " the false making or materially altering with intent...efficacy, or the foundation of a legal liability": % Bishop's Grim. Law, 7th ed., sec. 523. It is the " fraudulentmaking and alteration of a writing,... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1889 - 994 Seiten
...another's rights": Code, sec. 5492. Forgery is one class of common-law cheats, and is by Bishop defined as ''the false making or materially altering, with intent...apparently be of legal efficacy or the foundation of legal liability " : 1 Bishop's Grim. Law, sec. 1008. Manifestly, the bill of costs alleged to have... | |
 | John Houston Merrill, Thomas Johnson Michie, Charles Frederic Williams, David Shephard Garland - 1889 - 1462 Seiten
...One. Without Authority, and falsely and with intent to defraud, the name of another to an instrument which, if genuine, might apparently be of legal efficacy or the foundation of a legal liability. 'Stale v. Thompson, 19 Iowa, 299; State r. Kimball, 50 Me. 409; Ames's Case, 2 Me. (2 Greenl.) 365;... | |
 | Missouri. Supreme Court - 1917 - 874 Seiten
...stamps. 1 Bishop's New Criminal Law (8th Ed.), section 572, defines forgery at common law thus : "It is the false making or materially altering, with intent...efficacy, or the foundation of a legal liability." So far as we are able to discover those stamps are not the subject of forgery, either at common law... | |
 | New York (State) - 1891 - 1108 Seiten
...another's rights. United States v. Long, 80 Fed. Rep. 678; People v. DeOraaf, 1 Wheeler CC 208. Forgery is the false making or materially altering with intent...efficacy, or the foundation of a legal liability. 1 Bish. Crim. Law (7th ed.), § 572. Forgery is the attempted imitation of another's personal act,... | |
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Forgery is the false making or materially altering with intent to defraud of any writing, which, if genuine, might apparently be of legal efficacy, or the foundation of a legal liability. 
