14 Johns. 348
Decided October 15, 1817
New York Supreme Court · decided 1817-10-15
THE prisoner was tried at the court of Oyer and Terminer, in Dutchess county, in September last, on an indictment for forging the following order: “ Poughkeepsie, June, 1817 ; To the cashier of Levi MiKean’s exchange office, pay to John Low, or bearer, fifteen hundred dollars, in N. Myers’ bills or yours, David B. Lint.’’—There was a verdict of guilty; and the counsel for the prisoner having moved in arrest of judgment, on the ground that the check, or order, set forth in…
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¶1The language of this order is too indefinite •„ whether Myers’ bills or M‘Kean’s bills are money, or goods, is wholly uncertain. We are of opinion, that it is not an order for the payment of money, nor for the delivery of goods. The prisoner must, therefore, be discharged.
¶2Prisoner discharged.