impr. not exc. 2 yrs.,
h. Ì. and s. c. (s. 27).

25 Law T.,N.S.507); a pawnbroker's duplicate is an accountable receipt (Reg. v. Fitchie,

26 L. J. (N. S.) M. C. 90;

1 Dears. & Bell, C. C. 175); or may be treated as a warrant

for the obtaining of goods (Reg. v. Morrison, 1 Bell, C. C. 158; 28 L. J. (N. S.) M. C. 210), a false entry of the receipt of money in a banker's pass-book is an accountable receipt (Reg. v. Moody, 1 Leigh & Cave, C. C. 173; 6 Law T., N. S. 301); but a railway ticket is not (Reg. V. Gooden, 11 Cox, C. C. 672, Cleasby, B.; and see Reg. v. Smith, 1 Leigh & Cave, C. C. 168, 6 Law T., N. S. 300; and Reg. v. French, 39 L. J. (N. S.) M. C. 58; 21 Law T., N. S. 726); a turnpike toll-gate ticket is a receipt for money (Reg. v. Fitch, 1 Leigh & Cave, C. C. 159; 6 Law T., N. S. 256; Reg. v. Horsley

6 Law T., N. S. 256).

OFFENCE.

Class of Offence and Statute or Authority.

FORGERY-continued.

234. Process.] Forging, &c. copies or certificates of records, F. 24 & 25 Vict. c. 98, process of courts not of record,-or using forged process.

235. Instruments of Evidence.] Forging, &c. instruments made evidence by act of parliament.

8. 28.

F. Id. s. 29.

236. Court Rolls.] Forging, &c. court roll or copy of court roll.

F. Id. s. 30.

237. Registers of Deeds.] Forgery, &c. as to the registry of deeds.

F. Id. s. 31.

F. Id. s. 32.

238. Orders, &c. of Justices.] Whosoever, with intent to defraud, shall forge or alter,- -or shall offer, utter, dispose of, or put off, knowing the same to be forged or altered, any summons, conviction, order or warrant of any justice of the peace, or any recognizance purporting to have been entered into before any justice of the peace, or other officer authorized to take the same, or any examination, deposition, affidavit, affirmation, or solemn declaration, taken or made before any justice of the peace.

239. Accountant General.] Forging, &c. name of Accountant General, &c. of the Court of Chancery.

F. Id. s. 33.

F. Id. s. 35.

240. Marriage Licences.] Forging, &c. any licence of or certificate for marriage.

241. Demanding or receiving Property upon Forged Instruments.] Whosoever, with intent to defraud, shall demand, receive, or obtain, or cause or procure to be delivered or paid to any person, or endeavour to receive or obtain, or to cause or procure to be delivered or paid to any person, --any chattel, money, security for money, or other property whatsoever, under, upon, or by virtue of any forged or altered instrument whatsoever, knowing the same to be forged or altered,--or under, upon, or by virtue of any probate or letters of administration, knowing the will, testament, codicil, or testamentary writing on which such probate or letters of administration shall have been obtained to have been forged or altered, or knowing such probate or letters of administration to have been obtained by any false oath, affirmation or affidavit.

242. Accessories after the fact in felonies.

243. Aiders in any misdemeanor punishable under the act.
[MEM. There is only one such Misdemeanor, viz. Offence
218.]

F. Id. s. 38.

F. Id. s. 49.

M. Id.

244. National Debt.] Forging register, certificate, transfer, F. 2 & 3 Will. 4, c. 59, &c., or personating nominees under act enabling Commissioners of the National Debt to grant annuities.

8. 19.

242

243

244

Page, &c.
of

Where triable.

As to Bail.

Punishment.

If Costs of Prosecution

allowed.

Formulist.

Assizes (5 & 6 Vict. Discretionary. Pen. serv. 7-5 yrs.;-or

Yes.

c. 38, Note 63).

impr. not exc.

yrs.,

h. Î. and s. c. (s. 28).

OFFENCE.

Class of Offence and Statute or Authority.

FORGERY-continued.

245. Forgery of stock certificates, &c. issued in pursuance of F. 33 & 34 Vict. c. 58. Part V. of National Debt Act, 1870," 33 & 34 Vict. c. 71.

246. Personation of owners of same stock.

247. Engraving plates, &c. for stock certificates, &c.

s. 3.

F. Id. s. 4.

F. Id. s. 5.

248. Forgery of certificates of transfer of stocks from England to Ireland, &c.

249. Forging Certificates relating to Quarantine.

F. Id. s. 6.

F. 6 Geo. 4, c. 78, s. 25.

250. Dies, &c. for stamping Gold or Silver Wares.] Stamps on F. 7 & 8 Vict. c. 22, plate, or dies for marking, &c. gold or silver wares.

251. Stamps.] Of stamps on parchment, &c.

[See 26 Vict. c. 7, s. 7, as to forgery of Labels for tobacco
duties, and tit. "Stamps."]

s. 2.

F. 3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 97,

8. 12.

252. Official Documents.] Of official documents, decrees, orders, F. 8 & 9 Vict. c. 113, private acts, &c.

8. 4; 7 & 8 Geo. 4, c. 28, s. 4; 11 &12 Vict.

c. 78, s. 6.

253. Probate Court.] Forging seals or signatures to documents F. 21 & 22 Vict. c. 95, under the Probate Court Act, &c.

254. Divorce Court.] The like, Divorce Court.

[MEM. Forgery as to joint stock companies, see tit.
"Trading Companies." There are numerous other
forgeries of a local nature, or applicable to particular
departments of government, which are either misde-
meanors or felonies by statute.]

s. 33.

F. 21 & 22 Vict. c. 108," 8. 22.

8. 4.

255. Proclamations, &c.] Any person printing any copy of any F. 31 & 32 Vict. c. 37, proclamation, order, or regulation which falsely purports to have been printed by the government printer, or to be printed under the authority of the legislature of any British colony or possession, or tendering in evidence any copy of any proclamation, order, or regulation which falsely purports to have been printed as aforesaid, knowing that the same was not so printed;

or

256. Forging or tendering in evidence, knowing the same to have been forged, any certificate by this act authorized to be annexed to a copy of or extract from any proclamation, order, or regulation.

Assizes (5 & 6 Vict. Discretionary. Pen. serv. life-5 yrs.;

Yes.

c. 38) (Note 63).

-or impr. not exc. 2

yrs., h. l. and s.c. (8.3).