R v Carter
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1844 |
| Date | 01 January 1844 |
| Court | High Court |
English Reports Citation: 174 E.R. 1014
IN THE COURTS OF KING'S BENCH, COMMON PLEAS, AND EXCHEQUER, AND ON THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN CIRCUITS.
[741] northern winter circuit, 1844. York Asaiees, before Mr. Justice Coleridge. eegina v. carter. (On the trial of an indictment for forgery, with intent to defraud " H. D., one of the public officers of the Y. District Bank," H. D. was called, and stated himself to be so, and an examined copy of the return forwarded to the Stamp Office, under the stat. 7 Geo. IV. c. 46, in which he was stated to be so, was put in. This copy had neither the affidavit at the close of the return, which is directed by schedule A. of that statute, nor the signature, and the date was left blank ; but it was not objected, that the return did not relate to the period of the uttering :-Held, by the fifteen judges, to be sufficient proof that H D. was the public officer. Whether, in a case of forgery, with intent to defraud a company 1 OA*. ft K. 742. REGINA V. CARTER 1015 acting under the stat. 7 Geo. IV. c. 46, it is allowable to lay the intent to defraud one ol tihe shareholders " and others," or whether the intent must be laid to defraud one of the public officers^ qucere. A paper in the following form : " Mr. Johnson. Please to pay to James Jackson the sum of £13, by order of Christopher Sadler, Thornton-le-Moor, brewer. I shall see you on Monday. Your obliged, Chr. Sadler. The District Bank," is an order for the payment of money within the stat. 1 Will. IV. c. 66, s. 3 ) [Subsequent proceedings with annotations, 1 Den 65.] Forgery.-The prisoner was charged in two of the counts of the indictment with uttering the forged instrument set out below, and which was described as an order for the payment of money ; the intent was laid in the first count...
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