3 D.C. 268
Decided December 15, 1827
Indictment for knowingly uttering as true, and with intent to defraud E. M. Linthicum and'John Tayloe, the following forged order, namely: — “ Mr. E. M. Linthicum will please let the bearer, John Brown, have such articles as he may choo.se, on my account, to the value of thirty dollars; also twenty dollars in cash, and oblige his friend, Henry Tayloe. For Col. John Tayloe.
Decided 1827-12-15
¶1The Court (Thruston, J., absent,) overruled the objection, on the authority of Bates’s case, in this Court, in June, 1810, (2 Cranch, C. C. 1); but told Mr. Bradley that he might avail himself of it, on motion in arrest of judgmént, when the point might be fully considered. Our. ad. vult.
¶2At May term, 1828, the Court overruled the motion in arrest of judgment, and sentenced the prisoner to fine and imprisonment.