R v George Turpin
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1850 |
| Date | 01 January 1850 |
| Court | High Court |
English Reports Citation: 175 E.R. 344
QUEEN'S BENCH, COMMON PLEAS AND EXCHEQUER
regina v george turpin (The practice was, for a ma]ority of the officers of a palish to draw cheques on the treasurer of a union , and one of their blank cheques, filled up for 11. 3s 6d. had a note at the bottom-" Unless this cheque is signed by a majority of the parish officers, it will not be cashed." This cheque was signed by one of the officers while it was for 11 3s 6d It was altered to 31 3s 6d , and when cashed by the treasurer, had the signatures of a majority of the officers to it ò-Held, that if (a) See the case of Rex v. Douglas, 70 & P. 644 (b) As to the examination of a prisoner's witnesses, when the case is before the examining magistrate, see Lord Denman's charge at the Taunton Spring Assizes, 1849, post 2 CAR. & K.[821. REGINA V. BASS 345 the cheque was fraudulently altered when it had only one signature to it, this was no forgery, as it was then an incomplete...
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