The Queen v Blenkinsop
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1847 |
| Date | 01 January 1847 |
| Court | Crown Court |
English Reports Citation: 169 E.R. 244
Crown Cases
S. c. 2 Car. & Kir. 531; 17 L J M C. 62; 10 L. T O S. 421; 12 J. P. 279; 2 Cox C. C. 420. Considered, R. v. Epps, 1864, 4 F. & F. 81. Referred to, R. v. Mahony, 1854, 6 Cox C. C 487.
WINTER ASSIZES, 1847. the queen v. blenkinsop. (Putting an address to the name of a drawer of a bill of exchange, while the bill is in the course of completion, with intent to make the acceptance appear to be that of a different existing person, is forgery ) [S. C. 2 Car. & Kir. 531; 17 L J. M C. 62; 10 L. T 0 S. 421 ; 12 J. P. 279 ; 2 Cox C. C. 420. Considered, R. v. Eppst, 1864, 4 F. & F. 81. Referred to, R. v. Mahony, 1854, 6 Cox C. C 487.] The prisoner was tried before Mr Justice Coleridge, at the Winter session of gaol delivery at York, [277] and convicted on all but the first count of the following indictment, on which he was found not guilty. The first count stated that he, on, &c , at, &c , did forge a certain bill of exchange, to wit, a bill of exchange for the payment of one hundred and forty-eight pounds, seven shillings and nuiepence, then and there with the intent thereby to defraud one William Williams Brown and others. The second, that he having in his custody and possession-uttered the same with the same intent, knowingly, &c The third, charged the forging an acceptance of a certain other bill with the same intent The fourth, charged an uttering of the acceptance with the same intent. The fifth, charged the uttering the acceptance, setting the bill out thus :- | " Leeds, October 22nd, 1847. No. 148, 7s 9d. J Three months after daw pay to myself, or order, the sum of one hundred and forty-eight pounds, seven slffilings and 9d. J Value received, alexr. blenkinsop. nauiax. Pyble. London." laying the same intent. The sixth, charged a felonious altering of an acceptance with the same intent The seventh, charged the uttering of an altered acceptance, knowingly, with the same intent The eighth, charged the uttering of an altered acceptance, setting out the bill as before, with the same intent The ninth, charged an uttering of a forged bill, knowingly, with intent to defraud Win Wilkinson The tenth, the uttering a forged acceptance, knowingly, with intent to defraud Wm Wilkinson. The eleventh, was for [278] uttering an altered acceptance, knowingly, with intent to defraud Wm Wilkinson The twelfth, was for uttering a forged bill. The thirteenth, a forged acceptance. The fourteenth, an...
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