Majority
p. 236The People against Shaw.
Headnote
Forghig a paper in the following words: « Mr. the bearer trade ceuts!!‘am1nlyou wa* heki'Ao^be f;'rSthe tkd'ivery theSstatutelt!llUTHE prisoner was indicted and convicted at the last . oyer and terminery in the county of Orange, for forging an order for the delivery of goods, as follows :
“ Mr. Servará. Sir, Let the bearer trade thirteen dollars, twenty-five cents, and you will much oblige yours, &c« August 16, 1809. Samuel Layton.”
Judgment being respited, the prisoner was now brought up on a habeas corpus, and a motion was made in arrest of judgment, on the ground that this was not an order for the delivery of goods, within the statute.
This is an order for the delivery of goods within the statute. (24 sess. c. 54.) The terms of
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it are sufficiently explicit and intelligible. (2 East's P. C. 941. § 39. 1 Leach, 63.)
The prisoner was sentenced to the state prison for five years.