cords and other 5 Mass., 397. 181. 15 do. 526. 46. Pick., 279. Thacher's C. 588. (5802.) SECTION 1. Every person who shall falsely make, Forgery of realter, forge, or counterfeit any public record, or any certificate, cuments. return or attestation of any Clerk of a Court, Public Register, 10 do Notary Public, Justice of the Peace, Township Clerk, or any 17 do. other public officer, in relation to any matter wherein such certificate, return, or attestation may be received as legal proof, or any charter, deed, will, testament, bond or writing obligatory, letter of attorney, policy of insurance, bill of lading, bill of exchange, promissory note, or any order, acquittance or discharge for money or other property, or any acceptance of a bill of exchange, or endorsement, or assignment of a bill of exchange or promissory note for the payment of money, or any accountable receipt for money, goods or other property, with intent to injure or defraud any person, shall be punished by imprisonment in the State prison not more than fourteen years, or in the county jail not more than one year. instruments. Uttering forged (5803.) SEC. 2. Every person who shall utter and publish as 2 Mich. Rep.,550. true, any false, forged, altered or counterfeit record, deed, instrument or other writing mentioned in the preceding section, knowing the same to be false, altered, forged or counterfeit, with intent to injure or defraud as aforesaid, shall be punished by imprisonment in the State prison not more than fourteen years, or in the county jail not more than one year. (5804.) SEC. 3. Every person who shall falsely make, alter, forge or counterfeit any note, certificate, bond, warrant or other instrument, issued by the Treasurer of this State, or by any Commissioner or other officer authorized to issue the same, for any debt of this State, with intent to injure or defraud as aforesaid, shall be punished by imprisonment in the State prison not more than seven years, or in the county jail not more than one year. Forging State eto. Forging Bank Bills. Having in pos ession counter tent, etc. 2 MASS, 138. 8 do. 59. 4 Pick., 233. 19 do 124. (5805.) SEC. 4. Every person who shall falsely make, alter, forge or counterfeit any bank bill or promissory note payable to the bearer thereof, or to the order of any person, issued by any incorporated banking company in this State, or in any of the British Provinces of North America, or in any other State or country, or payable therein, at the office of any banking company incorporated by any law of the United States or of any other State, with intent to injure or defraud any person, shall be punished by imprisonment in the State prison not more than seven years, or in the county jail not more than one year. (a) (5806.) SEC. 5. If any person shall have in his possession feit bills with in at the same time, ten or more similar false, altered, forged or counterfeit notes, bills of credit, bank bills or notes, payable to the bearer thereof, or to the order of any person, such as are mentioned in the preceding sections, knowing the same to be false, altered, forged or counterfeit, with intent to utter the same as true, and thereby to injure and defraud as aforesaid, he shall be punished by imprisonment in the State prison not more than seven years, or in the county jail not more than one year. Passing counterfeit bills. 11 Mass., 136. 3 Ohio, S. R., 362. (5807.) SEC. 6. Every person who shall utter or pass, or tender in payment as true, any such false, altered, forged or Thacher's C. C., counterfeit note, certificate or bill of credit for any debt of this State, any bank bill or promissory note, payable to the 132, 293. (a) As Amended by Act 33 of 1849. Laws of 1849, p. 25. bearer thereof, or to the order of any person, issued as aforesaid, knowing the same to be false, altered, forged or counterfeit, with intent to injure or defraud as aforesaid, shall be punished by imprisonment in the State prison not more than five years, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and imprisonment in the county jail not more than one year. tion; three con same term. feit bills with in7 Pick., 136. (5808.) SEC. 7. If any person who shall have been convicted second convic of the offence mentioned in the preceding section, shall be victions at convicted of a similar offence after a former conviction, or if any person shall, at the same term of the Court, be convicted of three distinct charges of the said offence, he shall be deemed a common utterer of counterfeit bills, and shall be punished by imprisonment in the State prison not more than ten years. (5809.) SEC. 8. Every person who shall bring into this State, Having counteror shall have in his possession, any false, altered, forged or tent, etc. counterfeit bill or note in the similitude of the bills or notes 3 Metcalf, 460. Thacher's C. C., payable to the bearer thereof, or to the order of any person, issued by or for any bank or banking company, established in this State, or in any of the British Provinces in North America, or in any other State or country, with intent to utter or pass the same, or to render the same current as true, knowing the same to be false, forged or counterfeit, shall be punished by imprisonment in the State prison not more than five years, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and imprisonment in the county jail not more than one year. 47. 4 Gilman, 439. counterfeiting. (5810.) SEC. 9. Every person who shall engrave, make or Tools, etc,, for mend, or begin to engrave, make or mend, any plate, block, 2 Mass., 128. press, or other tool, instrument or implement, or shall make or provide any paper or other material, adapted or designed for the forging and making any false or counterfeit note, certificate or other bill of credit in the similitude of the notes, certificates, bills of credit issued by lawful authority for any debt of this State, or any false or counterfeit note or bill in the similitude of the notes or bills issued by any bank or banking company established in this State, or within the United States, or in any of the British Provinces in North America, or in any foreign State or country; and every person who shall have in his possession any such plate or block, engraved in whole or in part, or any press or other tool, instrument or implement, or any paper or other material, adapted and designed as aforesaid, with intent to use the same, or to cause or permit the same to be used in forging or making any such false or counterfeit certificates, bills or notes, shall be When testimony of President and dispensed with. punished by imprisonment in the State prison not more than ten years, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and imprisonment in the county jail not more than one year. (5811.) SEC. 10. In all prosecutions for forging or counter Cashier may be feiting any notes or bills of the banks before mentioned, or for altering, publishing or tendering in payment as true, any forged or counterfeit bank bills or notes, or for being possessed thereof, with intent to alter and pass the same as true, the testimony of the President and Cashier of such bank may be dispensed with, if their place of residence shall be out of this State, or more than forty miles from the place of trial; and the testimony of any person acquainted with the signature of the President or Cashier of such banks, or who has knowledge of the difference in appearance of the true and counterfeit bills or notes thereof, may be admitted to prove that any such bills or notes are counterfeit; and the lawful existence of any bank out of this State shall be presumed upon evidence that such bank is actually engaged in the business of a bank. (b) Sworn certificate made evidence. of instruments. 10 Mass., 34. (5812.) SEC. 11. In all prosecutions for forging or counterfeiting any note, certificate, bills of credit or other security issued in behalf of the United States, or in behalf of any State or Territory, or for uttering, publishing or tendering in payment as true, any such forged or counterfeit note, certificate, bill of credit or security, or for being possessed thereof with intent to utter or pass the same as true, the certificate under oath of the Secretary of the Treasury, or of the Treasurer of the United States, or of the Secretary or Treasurer of any State or Territory on whose behalf such note, certificate, bill of credit or security, purports to have been issued, shall be admitted as evidence for the purpose of proving the same to be forged or counterfeit. Connecting parts (5813.) SEC. 12. If any person shall connect together differ ent parts of several bank notes, or other genuine instruments, in such a manner as to produce an additional note or instrument, with intent to pass all of them as genuine, the same shall be deemed a forgery, in like manner as if each of them had been falsely made or forged. (b) As Amended by "An Act to Amend Section Ten of Chapter One Hundred and Fifty-Five of Title Thirty of the Revised Statutes of eighteen hundred and forty-six, relative to Crimes and the punishment thersof." Approved April 7, 1851. Laws of 1851, p 169. signature. (5814.) SEC. 13. If any fictitious or pretended signature, Affixing fictitious purporting to be the signature of an officer or agent of any 2 Mass., 77, 1 corporation, shall be fraudulently affixed to any instrument or writing, purporting to be a note, draft or other evidence of debt, issued by said corporation, with intent to pass the same as true, it shall be deemed a forgery, though no such person may ever have been an officer or agent of such corporation, nor ever have existed. fraud, statement (5815.) SEC. 14. In any case where an intent to defraud is Intent to derequired to constitute the offence of forgery, or any other and proo offence that may be prosecuted, it shall be sufficient to allege in the indictment an intent to defraud, without naming therein the particular person or body corporate intended to be defrauded; and on the trial of such indictment, it shall be deemed sufficient, and shall not be deemed a variance, if there appear to be an intent to defraud the United States, or any State, county, city or township, or any body corporate, or any public officer in his official capacity, or any copartnership or member thereof, or any particular person. coin, or having ces with intent, 8 Mass., 59. 1 Blackford, 198. (5816.) SEC. 15. Every person who shall counterfeit any counterfeiting gold or silver coin, current by law or usage within this State, five or more pie. and every person who shall have in his possession, at the same etc. time, five or more pieces of false money or coin, counterfeited i Gray, 564. in the similitude of any gold or silver coin current as aforesaid, knowing the same to be false and counterfeit, and with intent to utter or pass the same as true, shall be punished by imprisonment in the State prison for life, or for any term of years. (5817.) SEC. 16. Every person who shall have in his posses- Less than five sion any number of pieces less than five, of the counterfeit tent, etc.; utter coin mentioned in the preceding section, knowing the same to coin. be counterfeit, with intent to utter and pass the same as true, and any person who shall utter, pass or tender in payment as true, any such counterfeit coin, knowing the same to be false and counterfeit, shall be punished by imprisonment in the State prison not more than ten years, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and imprisonment in the county jail not more than one year. pieces with in ing counterfeit tion; three con (5818.) SEC. 17. If any person who shall have been convicted Second convic of either of the offences mentioned in the preceding section, victions at same shall be again convicted of either of the same offences, committed after the former conviction, or if any person shall, at the same term of the Court, be convicted upon three distinct charges of the said offences, he shall be deemed a common |