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10. Receiving,
&c. forged
bank notes, &c.
Having posses-
sion of moulds,
&c.
for forgery.

Purchasing or having in posses➡ sion &c. forged bank notes.

Making or having

moulds for making paper with

of England" visible in the substance, or for

making &c. paper with curved bar lines, &c.

It must be shown in the indictment to be a request; and if the words have not necessarily that effect, and the instrument is set out, it must be explained by averments. (R. v. Cullen, R. & M. C. C. 300 ; 5 C. & P. 116).

Where a forged request was "Mr. Brooks, let the bearer, W. Turton, have, for J. Roe, four yards of Irish linen and a waistcoat: John Roe;" and the prisoner was indicted for obtaining the goods under false presences- -Taunton, J., held that the uttering of such a note was a felony under this statute, and directed an acquittal. (R. v. Evans, 5 C. & P. 553; Jerv. Arch. C. C. 9th ed. 393).

Where the request was addressed to a woman in her maiden name, but she had married before the date of it, an indictment charging the intent to be to defraud her husband was held good. (R. v. Carter, 7 C. & P. 134).

X. Purchasing or Receiving Forged Bank Notes, Bills of
Exchange, &c. Making or having in Possession, &c.
Moulds, Plates, &c. for Forging same, &c.

By 11 Geo. IV. & 1 Will. IV. c. 66, s. 12, "If any person shall, without lawful excuse, the proof whereof shall lie upon the party accused, purchase or receive from any other person, or have in his custody or possession (see sect. 28, ante, p. 935, R. & R. C. C. 110), any forged bank note, bank bill of exchange, or bank post bill, or blank bank note, blank bank bill of exchange, or blank bank post bill, knowing the same respectively to be forged, every such offender shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be transported beyond the seas for the term of fourteen years."

Sect. 13. "If any person shall, without the authority of the governor and company of the Bank of England, to be proved by the party ac the words "Bank cused, make or use, or shall, without lawful excuse, to be proved by the party accused, knowingly have in his custody or possession, any frame, mould, or instrument for the making of paper, with the words 'Bank of England' visible in the substance of the paper, or for the making of paper with curved or waving bar lines, or with the laying wire lines thereof in a waving or curved shape, or with any number, sum, or amount, expressed in a word or words in Roman letters, visible in the substance of the paper; or if any person shall, without such authority, to be proved as aforesaid, manufacture, use, sell, expose to sale, utter, or dispose of, or shall, without lawful excuse, to be proved as aforesaid, knowingly have in his custody or possession, any paper whatsoever with the words 'Bank of England' visible in the substance of the paper, or any paper with curved or waving bar lines, or with the laying wire lines thereof in a waving or curved shape, or with any number, sum, or amount, expressed in a word or words in Roman letters, appearing visible in the substance of the paper; or if any person, without such authority, to be proved as aforesaid, shall, by any art or contrivance, cause the words 'Bank of England' to appear visible in the substance of any paper, or cause the numerical sum or amount of any bank note, bank bill of exchange, or bank post bill, blank bank note, blank bank bill of exchange, or blank bank post bill, in a word or words in Roman letters, to appear visible in the substance of the paper whereon the same shall be written or printed; every such offender shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be transported beyond the seas for the term of fourteen years."

Proviso as to paper used for

bills of exchange, &c.

Sect. 14. " Nothing herein contained shall prevent any person from issuing any bill of exchange or promissory note having the amount thereof expressed in guineas, or in a numerical figure or figures denot

ing the amount thereof in pounds sterling appearing visible in the sub-
stance of the paper upon which the same shall be written or printed,
nor shall prevent any person from making, using, or selling any paper
having waving or curved lines, or any other devices in the nature of
watermarks, visible in the substance of the paper, not being bar lines
or laying wire lines, provided the same are not so contrived as to form
the groundwork or texture of the paper, or to resemble the waving or
curved laying wire lines or bar lines or the watermarks of the paper
used by the governor and company of the Bank of England."
Sect. 15. If any person shall engrave or in anywise make upon any
plate whatever, or upon any wood, stone, or other material, any promis-
sory note or bill of exchange, or blank promissory note or blank bill of
exchange, or part of a promissory note or bill of exchange, purporting
to be a bank note, bank bill of exchange, or bank post bill, or blank
bank note, blank bank bill of exchange, or blank bank post bill, or
part of a bank note, bank bill of exchange, or bank post bill, without
the authority of the governor and company of the Bank of England, to
be proved by the party accused; or if any person shall use such plate,
wood, stone, or other material, or any other instrument or device, for the
making or printing any bank note, bank bill of exchange, or bank post
bill, or blank bank note, blank bank bill of exchange, or blank bank
post bill, or part of a bank note, bank hill of exchange, or bank post
bill, without such authority, to be proved as aforesaid; or if any person
shall, without lawful excuse, the proof whereof shall lie on the party
accused, knowingly have in his custody or possession any such plate,
wood, stone, or other material, or any such instrument or device; or if
any person shall, without such authority, to be proved as aforesaid,
knowingly offer, utter, dispose of, or put off any paper upon which any
blank bank note, blank bank bill of exchange, or blank bank post bill,
or part of a bank note, bank bill of exchange, or bank post bill, shall
be made or printed; or if any person shall, without lawful excuse, to
be proved as aforesaid, knowingly have in his custody or possession any
such paper; every such offender shall be guilty of felony, and, being
convicted thereof, shall be transported beyond the seas for the term of
fourteen years."

Sect. 16. "If any person shall engrave or in anywise make upon any plate whatever, or upon any wood, stone, or other material, any word, number, figure, character, or ornament, the impression taken from which shall resemble, or apparently be intended to resemble, any part of a bank note, bank bill of exchange, or bank post bill, without the authority of the governor and company of the Bank of England, to be proved by the party accused; or if any person shall use any such plate, wood, stone, or other material, or any other instrument or device, for the making upon any paper or other material the impression of any word, number, figure, character, or ornament which shall resemble, or apparently be intended to resemble, any part of a bank note, bank bill of exchange, or bank post bill, without such authority, to be proved as aforesaid; or if any person shall, without lawful excuse, the proof whereof shall lie on the party accused, knowingly have in his custody or possession any such plate, wood, stone, or other material, or any such instrument or device; or if any person shall, without such authority, to be proved as aforesaid, knowingly offer, utter, dispose of, or put off any paper or other material upon which there shall be an impression of any such matter as aforesaid; or if any person shall, without lawful excuse, to be proved as aforesaid, knowingly have in his custody or possession any paper or other material upon which there shall be an impression of any such matter as aforesaid; every such offender shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be transported beyond the seas for the term of fourteen years."

Sect. 17. "If any person shall make or use any frame, mould, or instrument for the manufacture of paper, with the name or firm of any

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10. Receiving &c. forged

bank notes, &c. Having possession of moulds,

&c.

for forgery.

person or persons, body corporate, or company carrying on the business of bankers (other than and except the Bank of England) appearing visible in the substance of the paper, without the authority of such person or persons, body corporate, or company, the proof of which authority shall lie on the party accused; or if any person shall, without lawful excuse, the proof whereof shall lie on the party accused, knowingly have in his custody or possession any such frame, mould, or instrument; or if any person shall, without such authority, to be proved as aforesaid, manufacture, use, sell, expose to sale, utter, or dispose of, or shall, without lawful excuse, to be proved as aforesaid, knowingly have in his custody or possession, any paper in the substance of which the name or firm of any such person or persons, body corporate, or company carrying on the business of bankers shall appear visible; or if any name to appear in person shall, without such authority, to be proved as aforesaid, cause

facturing paper,
with the name
of any bankers
appearing in the
substance; manu
facturing or hav-
ing such paper,
or causing the

the substance of

any paper.

Engraving on any

plate, &c. any bill,

&c. of any bankers, or using any such plate; or

uttering or having

any paper upon which any part of any such bill &c. shall be printed;

Foreign bills, &c.

the name or firm of any such person or persons, body corporate, or company carrying on the business of bankers, to appear visible in the substance of the paper upon which the same shall be written or printed; every such offender shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the court, to be transported beyond the seas for any term not exceeding fourteen years nor less than seven years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding three years nor less than one year."

Sect. 18. "If any person shall engrave or in anywise make upon any plate whatever, or upon any wood, stone, or other material, any bill of exchange or promissory note for the payment of money, or any part of any bill of exchange or promissory note for the payment of money, purporting to be the bill or note, or part of the bill or note, of any person or persons, body corporate or company carrying on the business of bankers, (other than and except the Bank of England), without the authority of such person or persons, body corporate or company, the proof of which authority shall lie on the party accused; or if any person shall engrave or make upon any plate whatever, or upon any wood, stone, or other material, any word or words resembling, or apparently intended to resemble, any subscription subjoined to any bill of exchange or promissory note for the payment of money issued by any such person or persons, body corporate or company carrying on the business of bankers, without such authority, to be proved as aforesaid; or if any person shall, without such authority, to be proved as aforesaid, use, or shall, without lawful excuse, to be proved by the party accused, knowingly have in his custody or possession, any plate, wood, stone, or other material upon which any such bill or note, or part thereof, or any word or words resembling, or apparently intended to resemble, such subscription, shall be engraved or made; or if any person shall, without such authority, to be proved as aforesaid, knowingly offer, utter, dispose of, or put off, or shall, without lawful excuse, to be proved as aforesaid, knowingly have in his custody or possession any paper upon which any part of such bill or note, or any word or words resembling, or apparently intended to resemble, any such subscription, shall be made or printed; every such offender shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the court, to be transported beyond the seas for any term not exceeding fourteen years nor less than seven years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding three years nor less than one year." Such imprisonment in each of these cases to be with hard labour or solitary confinement, in the discretion of the court. Such confinement not exceeding one month at any one time, nor three months in any one year. (See ante, p. 118).

Sect. 19. "In any person shall engrave or in anywise make upon any Engraving plates, plate whatever, or upon any wood, stone, or other material, any bill of exchange, promissory note, undertaking, or order for payment of money, or any part of any bill of exchange, promissory note, undertaking, or order for payment of money, in whatever language or languages the

&c. for; using or
having such
plates; or uttering
any paper on
which any part

13. Forms.

of such bill, &c.

same may be expressed, and whether the same shall or shall not be, or be intended to be, under seal, purporting to be the bill, note, undertaking, or order, or part of the bill, note, undertaking, or order, may be printed. of any foreign prince or state, or of any minister or officer in the service of any foreign prince or state, or of any body corporate, or body of the like nature, constituted or recognised by any foreign prince or state, or of any person or company of persons resident in any country, not under the dominion of his Majesty, without the authority of such foreign prince or state, minister or officer, body corporate or body of the like nature, person or company of persons, the proof of which authority shall lie on the party accused; or if any person shall, without such authority, to be proved as aforesaid, use, or shall, without lawful excuse, to be proved by the party accused, knowingly have in his custody or possession, any plate, stone, wood, or other material upon which any such foreign bill, note, undertaking, or order, or any part thereof, shall be engraved or made; or if any person shall, without such authority, to be proved as aforesaid, knowingly utter, dispose of, or put off, or shall, without lawful excuse, to be proved as aforesaid, knowingly have in his custody or possession, any paper upon which any part of such foreign bill, note, undertaking, or order shall be made or printed; every such offender shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the court, to be transported beyond the seas for any term not exceeding fourteen years nor less than seven years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding three years nor less than one year."

XL Making False Entries in Registers of Baptism,
Marriage, Burial, &c.

This offence is provided against by the 20, 21, and 22 sections of the 11 Geo. IV. & 1 Will. IV. c. 66, and by the 6 & 7 Will. IV. c. 86, 8. 43, 44, and 3 & 4 Vict. c. 91, s. 8, which will be found under the title "Registers," Vol. V.

XII. Forgery in other cases.

The offence of forgery in other cases not before noticed under this title will be found under the various titles throughout this work. A list of all the statutes relating to forgery and offences connected with it will be found collected in Mr. Jervis's 9th edition of Archbold's Criminal Law, PP. 400 to 404.

XIII. Forms.

day of

A. D.

at

Commence as usual, as ante, p. 54.] on the the parish of in the said county, feloniously did forge a certain bank note, to uit, a bank note for the payment of - pounds, [or, "divers bank notes"] and the id forged bank note then feloniously did offer, utter, dispose of, and put off, he the aid C.D. then well knowing the same to be forged, with intent to defraud the Gwernor and Company of the Bank of England; against the form of the statute in that case made and provided. And you the said keeper, &c. [Conclude as usual, ante, p. 54.]

day of

A. D.

at

Commence as usual, as ante, p. 54.] on the the parish of in the said county, feloniously, and without lawful excuse, had in his possession a certain forged and counterfeited bank note, to wit, a bank note for the payment of pounds, [or, "divers forged and counterfeited bank notes,"] be the said C. D. then well knowing the said bank note [or, "several bank notes"] to be forged; against the form of the statute in that case made and provided. And you the said keeper, &c. [Conclude as usual, as ante, p. 54.]

(1). Commitment

for forging and uttering a bank note

(ante, p. 128).

(2). The like for having a forged possession (ante, p. 136).

bank note in his

13. Forms.

(3). The like for

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-, at the

[Commence as usual, as ante, p. 54.] on the day of A. D. parish of in the said county, feloniously did forge the acceptance of and upon forging a bill (ante, a certain bill of exchange, in writing, for the payment of money, purporting to be the acceptance of one A. B., [or, "the indorsement of and upon a certain bill of exchange, in writing, for the payment of money, purporting to be the indorsement of one C. D."] with intent to defraud one E. F.; against the form of the statute in that case made and provided. And you the said keeper, &c. [Conclude as usual, as ante, p. 54.]

p. 129).

(4). The like for uttering a forged bill (ante, p. 129).

(5). The like for

forging a banker's

draft (ante, p. 130).

(6). The like for
forging a receipt
(ante, p. 134, 135).

(7). The like for
forging a will
(ante, p. 128, 129).

(8). The like for uttering a forged will (ante, p. 128).

(9). The like fer forging a bond

(ante, p. 133, 134).

(10). The like for uttering a forged bond.

(11). Indictment for forgery in general.

at

[Commence as usual, as ante, p. 54.] on the day of —, A. D.the parish of in the said county, feloniously did offer, utter, dispose of, and put off, a certain forged acceptance of, &c. [as in the form (No. 3), supra,] with intent to defraud one E. F., he the said C. D. then well knowing the said acceptance [or, "indorsement"] to be forged; against the form of the statute in that case made and provided. And you the said keeper, &c. [Conclude as usual, as ante, p. 54.]

[Commence as usual, as ante, p. 54.] on the day of —, A. D. —, at the parish of in the said county, feloniously did forge a certain warrant and order for payment of money, commonly called a cheque on a banker, purporting to be the order or draft of one A. B. upon Messieurs & Co., bankers, with intent to defraud one E. F.; against the form of the statute in that case made and provided. And you the said keeper, &c. [Conclude as usual, as ante, p. 54.]

at

[Commence as usual, as ante, p. 54.] on the day of —, A. D. the parish of in the said county, feloniously did forge a certain acquittance and receipt for money, purporting to be the receipt of one A. B., with intent to defraud the said A. B.; against the form of the statute in that case made and provided. And you the said keeper, &c. [Conclude as usual, as ante, p. 54.]

day of

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[Commence as usual, as ante, p. 54.] on the the parish of in the said county, feloniously did forge a certain will and testament, purporting to be the last will and testament of one A. B., with intent to defraud one E. F.; against the form of the statute in that case made and provided. And you the said keeper, &c. [Conclude as usual, as ante, p. 54.]

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[Commence as usual, as ante, p. 54.] on the day of the parish of - in the said county, feloniously did offer, utter, dispose of, and pul off, a certain forged will, purporting to be the last will and testament of one A. B., with intent to defraud one E. F., he the said C. D. then well knowing the said will to be forged; against the form of the statute in that case made and provided. And you the said keeper, &c. [Conclude as usual, as ante, p. 54.]

[Commence as usual, as ante, p. 54.] on the

day of, A. D.

at

the parish of in the said county, feloniously did forge a certain bond for the payment of money, purporting to have been signed, sealed, and executed by one A. B., with intent to defraud the said A. B.; against the form of the statute in that case made and provided. And you the said keeper, &c. [Conclude as usual, as ante, p. 54.]

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[Commence as usual, as ante, p. 54.] on the day of, A. D. the parish of in the said county, feloniously did offer, utter, dispose of, put off, a certain forged bond for the payment of money, purporting to have been signed, sealed, and executed by one A. B., with intent to defraud the said A. B.. he the said C. D. then well knowing the said bond to be forged; against the form of the statute in that case made and provided. And you, the said keeper, &c. [Cou. clude as usual, as ante, p. 54.]

(to wit). The jurors for our lady the Queen upon their oath present, that C. D., late of the parish of· in the county of labourer, on the day of in the year of the reign of our sovereign lady the now Queen Victoria, al

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