People v. Shaw

Decided November 15, 1809

New York Supreme Court · decided 1809-11-15

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.

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Decided 1809-11-15

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Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently December 1912

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Per Curiam.

¶1This is an order for the delivery of goods within the statute. (24 sess. c. 54.) The terms of *237it are sufficiently explicit and intelligible. (2 East's P. C. 941. § 39. 1 Leach, 63.)

¶2The prisoner was sentenced to the state prison for five years.