Case ID: dc_2/html/0047-02.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "The CouRT", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

United States v. Thomas Winslow. Same v. Mark Winslow.
    Forgery of the note of a private, unchartered hank, may he punished under the Maryland Act of 1799, c. 75,§ 1. So also the forgery of the notes of chartered hanks.
    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 Farmed Bank of Alexandria, and the Bank of Virginia, with intent to defraud those banks.
   The CouRT

passed a like sentence.