Bank of England Notes, &c. Forging or uttering bank notes, dividendwarrants, &c. felony. Using or having any frame, &c. sums in words, appearing in the sub missory note, inland bill, or bill of exchange, blank promissory note, inland bill, or bill of exchange; every such person so offending in any of the cases aforesaid, and being convicted thereof according to law, shall be committed to the common gaol of the county or place where the offence shall be committed, for any space not exceeding six months. III. Provided always, and it is hereby enacted, that nothing herein contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to such person or persons who, being at any time hereafter possessed of any such note or bill, shall only utter the same by carrying the same for payment to the issuer or issuers, drawer or drawers, acceptor or acceptors, indorser or indorsers thereof respectively, or using proper means to compel the payment of any such note or bill. 45 Geo. 3, c. 89. II. Be it enacted, &c., that if any person or persons shall, from and after the passing of this act, forge, counterfeit, or alter any bank note, bank bill of exchange, dividend-warrant, or any bond or obligation under the common seal of the governor and company of the Bank of England, or any indorsement thereon, or shall offer, or dispose of, or put away any such forged, counterfeit, or altered note, bill, dividend-warrant, bond, or obligation, or the indorsement thereon, or demand the money therein contained or pretended to be due thereon, or any part thereof, of the said company, or any their officers or servants, knowing such note, bill, dividend-warrant, bond, or obligation, or the indorsement thereon, to be forged, counterfeited, or altered, with intent to defraud the said governor and company, or their successors, or any other person or persons [body or bodies politic or corporate]* whatsoever, every person or persons so offending, and being thereof convicted in due form of law, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall suffer death as a felon without benefit of clergy. III. And be it further enacted, that if any person or persons (other than the officers, workmen, servants, or agents, for making for the time being, of the governor and company of the Bank paper with of England, to be authorized and appointed for that purbar lines or pose by the said governor and company, and for the use of the said governor and company only) shall, from and after the passing of this act, make or use, or cause or procure to be made or used, or knowingly aid or assist in the making or using, or (without being authorized or appointed as aforesaid) shall knowingly have in his, her, or their custody or possession, (without lawful excuse, the proof whereof selling such shall lie upon the party accused) any frame, mould, or infelony; strument for the making of paper with curved or waving transpor- bar lines, or with the laying wire lines thereof, in a waving tation, four- or curved shape, or with any number, sum, or amount, teen years. expressed in a word or words in roman letters visible in the stance of the paper; or making, using or paper, &c. *The brackets refer to another act. substance of such paper; or shall manufacture, make, use, vend, expose to sale, publish, or dispose of, or cause or procure to be manufactured, made, used, vended, exposed to sale, published, or disposed of, or aid or assist in the manufacturing, making, using, vending, exposing to sale, publishing, or disposing of, or (without being authorized or appointed, as aforesaid) shall knowingly have in his, her, or their custody or possession, any paper whatsoever with curved or waving bar lines, or with the laying wire lines thereof in a waving or curved shape, or having any number, sum, or amount expressed in a word or words in roman letters appearing visible in the substance of such paper; or if any person or persons (except as before excepted) shall, by any art, mystery, or contrivance, cause or procure the numerical sum or amount of any bank note, bank bill of exchange, or bank post bill, blank bank note, blank bank bill of exchange, or blank bank post bill, in a word or words to appear visible in the substance of the paper whereon the same shall be written or printed; or shall knowingly aid or assist in causing the numerical sum or amount of any bank note, bank bill of exchange, or bank post bill, blank bank note, blank bank bill of exchange, or blank bank post bill, in a word or words in roman letters to appear visible in the substance of the paper whereon the same shall be written or printed; every person or persons so offending in any of the cases aforesaid, and being convicted thereof, according to law, shall be adjudged a felon, and shall be transported for the term of fourteen years. IV. [Not to restrain the issue, &c., of bills with the amount expressed in guineas, or pounds sterling, in figures in the paper.] V. [Not to restrain persons from making or using paper with devices in the nature of water-marks, not resembling the water-marks, &c. used by the bank.] Bank of England Notes, &c. receiving or blank VI. And be it further enacted, that if any person or per- Persons sons shall, from and after the passing of this act, purchase knowingly or receive from any other person or persons, any forged or or having counterfeited bank note, bank bill of exchange, bank post forged bank bill, or blank bank note, blank bill of exchange, or blank notes, &c. bank post bill,knowing the same to be forged or counterfeited; bank notes, or shall knowingly or wittingly have in his, her, or their &c. shall be possession or custody, or in his, her, or their dwelling- adjudged house, outhouse, lodgings, or apartments, any forged or felons, and counterfeited bank note, bank bill of exchange, or bank for fourteen transported post bill, or blank bank note, blank bank bill of exchange, years. or blank bank post bill, knowing the same to be forged or counterfeited, (without lawful excuse, the proof whereof shall lie upon the person accused,) every person or persons so offending, and being thereof convicted according to law, shall be adjudged a felon, and shall be transported for the term of fourteen years. Bank of England Notes, &c. any blank thereof, using any such plate, or any de vice for making or such bank note, &c. without the the bank; VII. And be it further enacted, that if any person or persons, from and after the passing of this act, shall engrave, cut, etch, scrape, or by any other means or device Like punish- make, or shall cause or procure to be engraved, cut, ment for etched, scraped, or by any other means or device persons en- made, or shall knowingly aid or assist in the engraving, graving, &c. cutting, etching, scraping, or by any other means or device bank note, making, in or upon any plate of copper, brass, steel, pewbank note, ter, or of any other metal or mixture of metals, or upon &c., or part any wood or any other materials, or any plate whatsoever, any bank note, bank bill of exchange, bank post bill, or blank bank note, blank bank bill of exchange, or blank bank post bill, or part of a bank note, bank bill of exchange, or bank post bill, purporting to be the note, or bill of exprinting any change, or bank post bill, or blank bank note, or blank bank bill of exchange, or blank bank post bill, or part of the note, or bill of exchange, or bank post bill of the authority of governor and company of the Bank of England, without any authority in writing, for that purpose, from the said governor and company of the Bank of England; or shall use any such plate so engraved, cut, etched, scraped, or by any other means or device made, or shall use any other instrument or device for the making or printing any such bank note, bank bill of exchange, or bank post bill, or blank bank note, or blank bank bill of exchange, or blank bank post bill, or part of a bank note, or bank bill of exchange, or bank post bill, without such authority or writing as aforesaid; or if any person or persons shall, from and after the passing of this act, without such authority as aforesaid, knowingly have in his, her, or their custody, any such plate, instrument, or device, or shall, without such authority as aforesaid, knowingly and wilfully utter, publish, dispose of, or put away, any such [bank note, bank bill of exchange, bank post bill, 41 Geo. 4, c. 49,] blank bank note, blank bank bill of exchange, or blank bank post bill, or part of such bank note, bank bill of exchange, or bank post bill; every person so offending in any of the cases aforesaid, and being convicted thereof according to law, shall be adjudged a felon, and shall be transported for the term of fourteen years. or having any such plate, or uttering any such blank bank note, or part of bank note. Act shall extend to the whole of Great Britain. VIII. And be it further enacted, that all and every the clauses and provisions in this act contained shall extend, and be deemed and construed to extend, by all courts, judges, and magistrates whatsoever, to every part of Great Britain; any thing hereinbefore contained, or any law, statute, or usage to the contrary, notwithstanding. Note. For the preamble of this act, see post. The 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th sections of this act are taken from the 41 Geo. 3, c. 39. The 2d section is the same with the 11th section of 15 Geo. 2, c. 13, with the exception of the words in brackets, which are not in that statute. 52 Geo. 3, c. 138. Bank of England Notes, &c. Punishment &c. the im. resemble Bank of paper re V. Whereas divers frauds have been practised by making and publishing papers with certain words and characters so nearly resembling the notes and bills of the governor of persons and company of the Bank of England, as to appear to igno- engraving rant and unwary persons to be the notes or bills of the said any plate, governor and company; for prevention whereof, be it pression enacted, that if any person, from and after the first day of taken from August, 1812, shall engrave, cut, etch, scrape, or by any which shall other means or device, make, or shall cause or procure to be engraved, cut, etched, scraped, or by any other means England or device made, or shall knowingly aid or assist in the en- notes, or graving, cutting, etching, scraping, or by any other means uttering any or device making, in or upon any plate of copper, brass, sembling steel, pewter, or of any other metal or mixture of metals, such notes. or upon wood or any other materials, or upon any plate whatsoever, any word or words, figure or figures, character or characters, the impression taken from which shall resemble, or be apparently intended to resemble, the whole or any part of any of the notes or bills of the said governor and company, commonly called bank notes and bank post bills, or shall contain any word, number, figure, or character in white, in a black, sable, or dark ground, without an authority in writing for that purpose from the said governor and company, to be produced and proved by the party accused, or shall (without such authority as aforesaid) use any such plate, wood, or other material so engraved, cut, etched, scraped, or by any other means or device made, or shall use any other instrument or device for the making or printing upon any paper or other material, any word or words, figure or figures, character or characters, which shall be apparently intended to resemble the whole or any part of any of the said notes or bills of the said governor and company, or any word, number, figure, or character, in white, on a black, sable, or dark ground; or if any person or persons shall, from and after the first day of August, 1812, (without such authority as aforesaid) knowingly have in his, her, or their custody, any such plate, instrument, or device, or shall knowingly and wilfully utter, publish, or dispose of or put away any paper or other material containing any such word or words, figure or figures, character or characters as aforesaid, or shall knowingly or wittingly have in his, her, or their custody or possession, any paper or other material containing any such word or words, figure or figures, character or characters, as aforesaid, (without lawful excuse, the proof whereof shall lie upon the person accused); every person so offending in any of the cases aforesaid, and being convicted thereof according to law, shall be adjudged a felon, and shall be transported for the term of fourteen years. Note. It has been deemed unnecessary to insert in this place the stat. 1 Geo. 4, c. 92, that act relating to certain notes which the South Sea Bank had in contemplation to issue, but which in fact never were issued, on account of the resumption of cash payments. 3. PUBLIC COMPANIES' SECURITIES. Forging East India bonds, see post, “ Hands-writing.” 9 Anne, c. 21. that if any person or persons shall forge or counterfeit the common seal of the Counterfeit said company, or shall forge, counterfeit, or alter any bond ing com- or obligation under the common seal of the said company, mon seal or or shall offer to dispose of or pay away any such forged, pany's com bonds. counterfeited, or altered bond, (knowing the same to be such,) or shall demand the money therein contained, or pretended to be due thereon, or any part thereof, of the said company, or any of their officers, (knowing such bond or obligation to be forged, conterfeited, or altered,) with intent to defraud the said company or their successors, or any other person or persons whatsoever; every such person and persons so offending, (and being convicted thereof in due form of law) shall be guilty of felony, and shall suffer death as a felon, without benefit of clergy. Note.-The same provision is contained in 6 Geo. 1, c. 4, s. 6, for forging endorsements on South Sea bonds: see post. London and Royal Exchange As surance 6 Geo. 1, c. 18. XIII. It is hereby enacted, that if any person or persons shall forge or counterfeit the common seal of either of the said corporations, to be erected and established pursuant to Companies. this act, or shall forge, counterfeit, or alter any policy, bill, bond, or obligation, under the common seal of either of the same corporations, or shall offer to dispose of or pay away any such forged, counterfeit, or altered policy, bill, bond, or obligation, (knowing the same to be such,) or shall demand the money therein contained, or pretended to be due thereon, or any part thereof, of or from such of the same corporations as shall be mentioned or referred to therein, or any of their officers, knowing such policy, bill, bond, or obligation, to be forged, counterfeited, or altered, with intent to defraud the same corporation, or their successors, or any other person or persons whatsoever; every such person or persons so offending, and being convicted thereof in due form of law, shall be guilty of felony, and suffer as in cases of felony, without benefit of clergy. British Cast Plate Glass Manufactory. 13 Geo. 3, c. 38, (revived by 33 Geo. 3, c. 17, s. 23.) XXVIII. Be it enacted, &c. that if any person or persons shall forge or counterfeit the seal of the corporation, or any |