Case Name: The People against Finch
Court: New York Supreme Court of Judicature
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1809-11
Citations: 5 Johns. 237
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People against Finch.
Judges: 
Reporter: Johnson's Reports
Volume: 5
Pages: 237–237

Head Matter:
The People against Finch.
THE prisoner was indicted, tried and convicted, at the last oyer and terminer held in Orange county, for forging a note for the payment of money, in the words following, to wit: “ Due Jacob Finch, 1 dollar on settlement this day, February 7th, 1809. David KnirhtP JJ 1 a
Judgment was respited, and the prisoner being brought up on a habeas corpus, it was moved in arrest of judgment, that the forged paper was not a note for the payment of money, within the statute.
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Opinion:
Per Curiam.
This is a note for the payment of money within the statute. A similar question arose in the case of Matthew Mackey, before this court, in August term, 1806. He was convicted for forging a paper, in the following words: " Due from Benjamin Sands to Matthew Mackey, the sum of one pound, on the first day of the month called April, 1801. Benjamin Sands." And the court decided, that it was a note within the statute. - Judgment, that the prisoner be imprisoned in the state prison for five years.