Case Name: United States v. Thomas Winslow; Same v. Mark Winslow
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1812-06
Citations: 2 Cranch 47
Docket Number: 
Parties: United States v. Thomas Winslow. Same v. Mark Winslow.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 2
Pages: 47–47

Head Matter:
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.

Opinion:
The CouRT
passed a like sentence.