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People v. Shaw

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People v. Shaw, 5 Johns. 236 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1809)
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Court
New York Supreme Court · State Trial Courts
Decided
November 15, 1809
Citations
5 Johns. 236
Cited by 6
Headnotes
Forghig a paper in the following words: « Mr. the bearer trade ceuts!!‘am1nlyou wa* heki'Ao^be f;'rSthe tkd'ivery theSstatutelt!llU
Summary
THE 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.

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Per Curiam.

This is an order for the delivery of goods within the statute. (24 sess. c. 54.) The terms of *237 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.

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Cited by 6 cases

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1826–1827: 11886–1887: 21888–1889: 11898–1899: 11912–1913: 118262026peak 1886 · 2

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  1. People v. Rising100 N.E. 694 (N.Y. 1912)
  2. Long v. Straus6 N.E. 123 (Ind. 1886)
  3. Garmire v. State4 N.E. 54 (Ind. 1886)
  4. Hendricks v. State9 S.W. 555 (Tex. App. 1888)
  5. People v. Phillips77 N.W. 245 (Mich. 1898)
  6. State v. Farrand8 N.J.L. 410 (1826)

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  1. People v. Rising100 N.E. 694 (N.Y. 1912)
  2. People v. Phillips77 N.W. 245 (Mich. 1898)
  3. Hendricks v. State9 S.W. 555 (Tex. App. 1888)
  4. Long v. Straus6 N.E. 123 (Ind. 1886)
  5. Garmire v. State4 N.E. 54 (Ind. 1886)
  6. State v. Farrand8 N.J.L. 410 (1826)

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