Case No. 16,741.

28FED.CAS.—47

UNITED STATES v. WINSLOW (two cases).

[2 Cranch, C. C. 47.]¹

Circuit Court, District of Columbia.

June Term, 1812.

FORGERY OF BANK NOTES.

Forgery of the note of a private, unchartered bank, may be punished under the Maryland act of 1799, c. 75, § 1. So also the forgery of the notes of chartered banks.

The indictment against Thomas Winslow was for counterfeiting and passing a note of the Bank of Potomac, a private, unchartered bank. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and being recommended to mercy by the bank, in consequence of disclosures as to other offenders, THE COURT sentenced him to six months' imprisonment, to pay a fine of 100 dollars, and to stand committed until the fine and costs should be paid. This sentence was under the Maryland act of 1779, c. 75, § 1.

The indictment against Mark Winslow was for forging the bank-notes of chartered banks, namely, the Farmers' Bank of Alexandria and the Bank of Virginia, with intent to defraud those banks. THE COURT passed a like sentence.

¹ [Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.]

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