R v John Hannon
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1839 |
| Date | 01 January 1839 |
| Court | High Court of Chancery |
English Reports Citation: 169 E.R. 31
LINCOLN's INN
S. C. 9 C. & P. 11 Referred to, R. v. Faderman, 1850, 14 J. P 209
1839. regina v. john hannon (Having in possession, &c the plates of bankers in Upper Canada, is within 11 Geo IV. & I Will. IV c 66, s. 18 ) [S. C. 9 C. & P. 11 Referred to, R. v. Fadennan, 1850, 14 J. P 209 ] The prisoner was convicted before Mr. Justice Bosanquet, present Mr Justice Patteson and Gurney B , at the Central Criminal Court, on the 2d January, 18,39, upon an indictment founded on the 11 Geo IV & I Will IV. c 66, s 18, the first count of which charged, that he on the 14th September in the second year &c at &c. in the county of Middlesex, feloniously, knowingly, and without lawful excuse had in his custody and possession a certain copper plate, upon which was engraved a part of a certain promissory note, for the payment of money purporting to be a part, of a promissory note of a certain company of persons carrying on the business of bankers, m a certain country under the dominion of her Majesty, that is to say, in the province of Upper Canada in North America, under the name and style of the president, directors, and company of the Bank of Upper Canada, the said company of persons being [78] other than the Bank of England, which said part of a promissory note is as follows :- Ten. Ten. 10 X. No. X C Ten Chartered by an Act of Parliament The president, directors, and company of the Bank of Upper Canada, promise to pay ten dollars on demand to the bearer for value received Cashier. President. X Ten. Ten Toronto, 18 . Against the statute, &c and against the peace, &c. 32 BEGINA V. JOHN HANNON 2 MOOD. 79. The second and third counts were in the same terms, except that the second described the note as a promissory note for the payment of money of a certain body " corporate." And the third as a promissory note for the payment of money of William Proudfoot and others It was clearly proved that the prisoner within the jurisdiction of the Court, procured a copper plate to be engraved with the words and figures set out in the indictment, which are part of the form of the promissory notes used and circulated by the Bank of Upper Canada , that the plate so engraved was received by the prisoner, and taken into his possession under circumstances pregnant with suspicion ; that it was obtained by him for a fraudulent purpose , that William Proudfoot was the president, and T G Riclout the cashier of the Upper Canada bank, the notes of which are usually signed by those persons , and that the prisoner had endeavoured to obtain from another engraver a facsimile of their signatures, which he had cut off from the Toronto note produced by him to the first engraver. [79] The counsel for the prisoner contended that the offence committed by the prisoner was not within...
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