Making, using, &c., plates for notes of foreign bankers, &c.] "If any person shall engrave or in anywise make upon any plate whatever, or upon any wood, stone, or other material, any bill of exchange, promissory note, undertaking, or order for payment of money, or any part of any bill of exchange, promissory note, undertaking, or order for payment of money, in whatever language or languages the same may be expressed, and whether the same shall or shall not be or be intended to be under seal, purporting to be the bill, note, undertaking, or order, or part of the bill, note, undertaking, or order, of any foreign prince or state, or of any minister or officer in the service of any foreign prince or state, or of any body corporate, or body of the like nature, constituted or recognized by any foreign prince or state, or of any person or company of persons resident in any country, not under the dominion of his Majesty, without the authority of such foreign prince or state, minister or officer, body corporate or body of the like nature, person or company of persons, the proof of which authority shall lie on the party accused;-or if any person shall, without such authority, to be approved as aforesaid, or shall, without lawful excuse, to be proved by the party accused,, knowingly have in his custody or possession any plate, stone, wood, or other material, upon which any such foreign bill, note, undertaking, or order, or any part thereof, shall be engraved or made; or if any person shall, without such authority, to be proved as aforesaid, knowingly offer, utter, dispose of, or put off, or shall, without lawful excuse, to be proved as aforesaid, knowingly have in his custody or possession any paper, upon which any part of such foreign bill, note, undertaking, or order shall be made or printed:"-felony, transportation for not more than fourteen years or less than seven, or imprisonment with or without hard labour for not more than three years nor less than one. Id. s. 19.

Possession of them, what shall be deemed.] Where the having any matter in the custody or possession of any person, is in this Act expressed to be an offence, if any person shall have any such matter in his personal custody or possession, or shall knowingly and wilfully have any such matter in any dwellinghouse or other building, lodging, apartment, field, or other place, open or inclosed, whether belonging to or occupied by himself or not, and whether such matter shall be so had for his own use or for the use or benefit of another :-every such person shall be deemed and taken to have such matter in his custody or possession within the meaning of this Act. Id. s. 28.

4. As to the Public Funds.

Forging transfers of stock, or powers of attorney, &c.] And "if any person shall forge or alter, or shall utter knowing the

same to be forged or altered, any transfer of any share or interest of or in any stock, annuity, or other public fund, which now is or hereafter may be transferable at the Bank of England or at the South Sea House, or of or in the capital stock of any body corporate, company, or society which now is or hereafter may be established by charter or Act of parliament,-or shall forge or alter, or shall utter, knowing the same to be forged or altered, any power of attorney or other authority to transfer any share or interest of or in any such stock, annuity, public fund, or capital stock as is herein before mentioned, or to receive any dividend payable in respect of any such share or interest, -or shall demand or endeavour to have any such share or interest transferred, or to receive any dividend payable in respect thereof, by virtue of any such forged or altered power of attorney or other authority, knowing the same to be forged or altered, with intent in any of the several cases aforesaid to defraud any person whatsoever :"-felony, 1 W. 4, c. 66, s. 6, transportation for life or not less than seven years, or imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for not more than four or less than two years. 1 Vict., c. 84, s. 1.

The commitment may easily be framed from the first of the forms, ante, p. 481.

Forging the attestation of such power of attorney.] And "if any person shall forge the name or handwriting of any person as or purporting to be a witness attesting the execution of any power of attorney or other authority to transfer any share or interest of or in any such stock, annuity, public fund, or capital stock as is herein before mentioned, or to receive any dividend payable in respect of any such share or interest,- -or shall utter any such power of attorney or other authority, with the name or handwriting of any person forged thereon as an attesting witness, knowing the same to be forged :"-felony, transporta tion for seven years, or imprisonment for not more than two years nor less than one. 1 W. 4, c. 66, s. 8.

The commitment may readily be framed from the forms, ante, p. 481.

Personating the owner of stock.] "If any person shall falsely and deceitfully personate any owner of any such share, interest or dividend as aforesaid, and thereby transfer any share or interest belonging to such owner, or thereby receive any money due to such owner as if such person were the true and lawful owner:"-felony, 1 W. 4, c. 66, s. 6; transportation for life or not less than seven years, or imprisonment with or without hard labour for not more than four, nor less than two years. 1 Vict., c. 84, s. 1.

And "if any person shall falsely and deceitfully personate any owner of any share or interest of or in any stock, annuity,

or other public fund which now is or hereafter may be transferable at the Bank of England or at the South Sea House, or any owner of any share or interest of or in the capital stock of any body corporate, company, or society which now is or hereafter may be established by charter or Act of parliament, or any owner of any dividend payable in respect of any such share or interest as aforesaid, and shall thereby endeavour to transfer any share or interest belonging to any such owner, or thereby endeavour to receive any money due to any such owner as if such offender were the true and lawful owner:"-felony, transportation for life or not less than seven years, or imprisonment with or without hard labour for not more than four years nor less than two years. 1 W. 4, c. 66, s. 6.

Making false entries in the books as to the public funds.] If any person shall wilfully make any false entry in, or wilfully alter any word or figure in, any of the books of account kept by the Bank of England or by the South Sea Company, in which books the accounts of the owners of any stock, annuities, or other public funds which now are or hereafter may be transferable at the Bank of England or at the South Sea House, shall be entered and kept ;-or shall in any manner wilfully falsify the accounts of such owners in any of the said books,— with intent in any of the cases aforesaid to defraud any person whatsoever; or if any person shall wilfully make any transfer of any share or interest of or in any stock, annuity, or other public fund, which now is or hereafter may be transferable at the Bank of England or at the South Sea House, in the name of any person not being the true and lawful owner of such share or interest, with intent to defraud any person whatsoever :

felony, 1 W. 4, c. 66, s. 5, transportation for life or not lessthan seven years, or imprisonment with or without hard labour for not more than four nor less than two years. 1 Vict. c. 84, s. 1.

The commitment may easily be framed from the first of the forms, ante, p. 481.

Making out false dividend warrants.] And if any clerk, officer, or servant of, or other person employed or intrusted by, the Bank of England, or South Sea Company, shall "knowingly make out or deliver any dividend warrant for a greater or less amount than the person or persons, on whose behalf such dividend warrant shall be made out, is or are entitled to, with intent to defraud any person whatsoever :"-felony, transportation for seven years, or imprisonment with or without hard labour for not more than two years, nor less than one. 1 W. 4, c. 66, s. 9.

The commitment may readily be framed from the forms, ante, p. 481.

5. As to Public Documents.

Acknowledging recognizances, fines, &c. in another's name.] "If any person shall, before any court, judge, or other person lawfully authorized to take any recognizance or bail, acknowledge any recognizance or bail in the name of any other person not privy or consenting to the same, whether such recognizance or bail in either case be or be not filed;-or if any person shall, in the name of any other person not privy or consenting to the same, acknowledge any fine, recovery, cognovit actionem, or judgment, or any deed to be enrolled :"-felony, transportation for life, or for not less than seven years, or imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for not more than four years nor less than two. 1 W. 4, c. 66, s. 11.

The commitment may readily be framed from the first of the forms, ante, p. 481.

False entries in registers of baptism, &c.] "If any person shall knowingly and wilfully insert, or cause or permit to be inserted, in any register of baptisms, marriages, or burials, which hath been or shall be made or kept by the rector, vicar, curate, or officiating minister of any parish, district-parish, or chapelry in England, any false entry of any matter relating to any baptism, marriage, or burial, or shall forge or alter in any such register any entry of any matter relating to any baptism, marriage, or burial:-or shall utter any writing as and for a copy of an entry in any such register of any matter relating to any baptism, marriage, or burial, knowing such writing to be false, forged, or altered :-or if any person shall utter any entry in any such register of any matter relating to any baptism, marriage, or burial, knowing such entry to be false, forged, or altered, or shall utter any copy of such entry, knowing such entry to be false, forged, or altered,-or shall wilfully destroy, deface, or injure, or cause or permit to be destroyed, defaced, or injured, any such register or any part thereof;--or shall forge or alter, or shall utter, knowing the same to be forged or altered, any licence of marriage :"-felony, transportation for life, or not less than seven years, or imprisonment with or without hard labour for not more than four years, nor less, than two. Id. s. 20. See R. v. Bowen, 1 Car. & K. 501.

But no rector, vicar, curate, or officiating minister of any parish, district-parish, or chapelry, who shall discover any error in the form or substance of the entry in the register of any baptism, marriage, or burial respectively by him solemnized, shall be liable to any of the penalties herein mentioned, if he shall, within one calendar month after the discovery of such error, in the presence of the parent or parents of the child

baptized, or of the parties married, or in the presence of two persons who shall have attended at any burial, or in the case of the death or absence of the respective parties aforesaid, then in the presence of the churchwardens or chapel-wardens, correct the entry which shall have been found to be erroneous according to the truth of the case, by entry in the margin of the register wherein such erroneous entry shall have been made, without any alteration or obliteration of the original entry, and shall sign such entry in the margin, and add to such signature the day of the month and year when such correction shall be made; and such correction and signature shall be attested by the parties in whose presence the same are directed to be made as aforesaid. Id. s. 21.

Also by stat. 6 & 7 W. 4, c. 86, which established a general registry of all births, marriages, and burials in England, and which provided that books should be kept by the registrars for the purpose of registering them, it is enacted, by sect. 43, that "every person who shall wilfully destroy or injure or cause to be destroyed or injured any such register book, or any part or certified copy of any part thereof, or shall falsely make or counterfeit, or cause to be falsely made or counterfeited, any part of any such register book or certified copy thereof, or shall wilfully insert or cause to be inserted in any register book or certified copy thereof, any false entry of any birth, death, or marriage,—or shall wilfully give any false certificate, or shall certify any writing to be a copy or extract of any register book, knowing the same register to be false in any part thereof,- —or shall forge or counterfeit the seal of the register office:"-felony, 6 & 7 W. 4, c. 86, s. 43, transportation for seven years, or imprisonment, with or without hard labour for not more than two years. 7 & 8 G. 4, c. 28, s. 8. The stat. 6 & 7 W. 4, c. 86, s. 44, contains a similar provision for the correction of errors, as the above sect. 21 of stat. 1 W. 4, c. 66.

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Making false entries in copies sent to the registrar.] if any person shall knowingly and wilfully insert, or cause or permit to be inserted, in any copy of any register to be transmitted to the registrar of the diocese, any false entry of any matter relating to any baptism, marriage, or burial, or shall forge or alter, or shall utter knowing the same to be forged or altered, any copy of any register so to be transmitted as aforesaid, or shall knowingly and wilfully sign or verify any copy of any register so to be transmitted as aforesaid, which copy shall be false in any part thereof, knowing the same to be false:”— felony, transportation for seven years, or imprisonment with or without hard labour for not more than two years or less than one. 1 W. 4, c. 66, s. 22.