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of.”

and to subscribe the same; or shall utter and publislı the

Misprinted same, knowing such seal [*or] such hand writing to be forged and counterfeited; or if any person shall erase, obliterate, alter, or falsify any pass, called a Mediterranean pass, or any part thereof, or shall cause any such

pass, or any part thereof, to be in any manner erased, &c. or shall be aiding or assisting in erasing, &c. or causing to be erased, &c. such pass as aforesaid, with intent to procure to himself, or to any person whatsoever, any benefit belonging to Mediterranean passes ; or shall utter, publish, or orake use of the same, knowing the same to have been erased, &c.; every person convicted of any of said offences according to law, shall be adjudged guilty of felony without benefit of clergy; and all said crimes shall and may be inquired of, &c. in the king's bench, or in any county of this kingdom, by virtue of the king's commission, or commission of oyer and terminer and gaol delivery. The 45 Geo. 3. c. 10. G. B. (which is an act for mak- Torging quiaran

tine certificate, ing further provision for the effectual performance of a cupilal felony. quarantine, the principal clauses of which have been 45 G+0.3.c.10. stated, ante p. 738, &c.) enacts (s. 30.) that if any person shall knowingly and wilfully forge or counterfeit, or procure to be forged or counterfeited, any certificate required to be granted by this act, or shall publish as true any such forged, &c. certificate, knowing the same to be forged, &c. he shall be guilty of felony without benefit of clergy. And by the 46 Geo 3. c. 98. s. 8. 46 Geo.3.c.98. G. B. if any person shall knowingly and wilfully forge or counterfeit, interline, erase, or alter, or procure to be Forging qua.

rantine certififorged, &c. any certificate directed to be granted by any cate granted un. order of the king in council, now in force, or hereafter

felony. to be made, touching quarantine, and the prevention of infection ; or shall publish as true any such forged, &c. certificate, knowing the same to be forged, &c. with intent to obtain the effect of a true certificate to be given thereto, knowing the contents of such certificate to be false, he shall be guilty of felony without benefit of clergy. The 40 Geo. 3. c. 79. Ir, ante p. 744. does not contain any similar provision. 4 B 2

s. 8. G. B.

s. 8. G. B.

der this act, a

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Forging, &c.

Next as to forgeries considered with relation to trade stamp on gold and manufactures : By the 24 Geo. 3. c. 53. Eng. if any or silver plate ; 24 Gen.3. c 53. person shall cast, forge, or counterfeit, or cause or pros. 16. Eng. cure to be cast, &c. the mark or stamp used or di

rected to be used in pursuance of this act, for the marking or stamping of gold *or silver plate by the coinpany of goldsmiths in London or Edinburgh, or the Birmingham or Sheffield Company, or by the wardens, or assayer or assayers at York, Exeter, Bristol, Chester, Nor

wich, or Newcastle upon Tyne, *or by any maker or Or casting stamp

worker of gold or silver plate; or shall cast, &c. or cause &c. used by or procure to be cast, &c. any mark, stamp, or imprescumpany of golás smilhs, &c.; sion, in imitation of, or to resemble any mark, &c.

made or to be made with any mark or stamp used or to be used as aforesaid, by the said company of goldsmiths, &c.; or shall mark or stamp, or cause or procure to be marked, &c. any wrought plate of gold or silver, *or any

, Or using coun, wares of braşs or other base metal, silvered or gilt over, teileit sluip,

and resembling plate of gold or silver, with any mark or stamp which batlı been or shall be forged or counterfeited at any time, either before, on, or after *the 1st day of December, 1784, in imitation of or to resemble any

mark or stamp used or to be used as aforesaid by the Or fraudulent'y w.ing genuine" said company of goldsmiths, &c.; or shall transpose or stamp;

remore, or cause or procure to be transposed, &c, from one piece of wrouglit plate to another, or to any vessel of such base meral as aforesaid, any mark, stamp, or im

pression made or to be made by or with any mark or Or selling, &c. stamp used or to be used as aforesaid by the said complate, &c. with such forged pany of goldsmiths, &c.; or shall sell, exchange, or exmarks theicon;

pose to sale, or export out of this kingdom, any wrought plate of gold or silver, or any vessel of such base metal as aforesaid, with any such forged mark, &c. thereon,

or any mark, &c. transposed or removed from any other Or having the piece of plate, knowing such mark to be forged, &c. or possession ng such forgol transposed, &c. as aforesaid; or shall wilfully or knowingslumps, c.

ly have, or he possessed of any mark or stamp forged, &c. in imitation of and to resemble any mark or stamp used or to be used as aforesaid, by the said company of goldsmiths, &c. every such offender shall be guilty of felony A capital fel.sy. *without benefit of clergy. But the 38 Geo. 3. c. 69.38 Geo.3. c.69.

s. 7. Eng. Eng. (which is an act for allowing gold wares to be manufactured at a standard lower than is now allowed by Şimitar offences

how punished by law) enacts (s. 7) that if any person shall forge, cast, or this act. counterfeit, or cause or procure to be cast, &c. the mark or stamp used or directed to be used in pursuance of this act for the making or stamping of gold plate by the company of goldsmiths in London or Edinburgh, or the Birmingham or Sheffield company, or by the wardens, or assayer or assayers at York, Exeter, Bristol, Chester, Norwich, or Newcastle upon Tyne, or any of them ; or sball cast, forge, or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be cast, &c. any mark or stamp, or impression, made, or to be made with any mark or stamp used or to be used as aforesaid by the said company of goldsmiths, &c.; or shall mark or stamp, or cause or procure to be marked, &c. any wrought plate of gold, or any wares of silver, brașs, or other metal gilt over, and resembling plate of gold, with any mark or stamp which hath been or shall be forged, &c. at any time (either before, on, or after the 1st of October 1798) in imitation of, or to resemble any mark or stamp used or to be used as aforesaid by the said company of goldsmiths, &c.; or shall transpose or remove, or cause or procure to be transposed, &c. from one piece of wrought plate to another, or to any vessel of silver, brass, or other metal, any mark, stamp, or impression, made or to be made by or with any mark or stamp used or to be used by the sạid company of goldsmiths, &c.; or shall sell, exchange, or expose to sale, or export out of this kingdom, any wrought plate of gold, or any vessel. of silver, brass, or other, metal, with any such forged or counterfeit mark, &c. thereon, or any mark, &c. transposed, &c. from any other piece of plate, knowing such mark, &c. to be forged, &c. or transposed, &c.; or shall wilfully or knowingly have or be possessed of any inark or stamp which hath been or shall be forged or counterfeited in imitation of and to resemble any mark or stamp ușed or to be used as aforesaid, by the said company of goldsmiths, &c.;

c. 23, s. 28. Ir.

every such offender shall be guilty of felony, and be transported to such place beyond the seas, as his majesty,

with the advice of his privy council, shall direct, for 7 23 & 24 Geo.3. years. The 23 & 24 Geo. 3. c. 23. Ir. (which is an act

to regulate the assay of gold, and promote the manufacSimilur offences, tures of gold and silver wares in Ireland) enacts (s. 28.) how punished in that if any person shall counterfeit, or cause to be coun

terfeited, any stamping instrument or punch, used or to be used in pursuance of this act, by any maker of gold wares, or by any warden, or deputy warden, or assayer of either of the assay-offices respectively; or shall have in his possession such counterfeit stamping instrument or punch, knowing the same to be counterfeited; or shall on any piece of gold, or of any kind of metal, or of any mixed metals, or of any composition containing any metal or metals, counterfeit or imitate, or cause to be counterfeited, &c. in any way whatever, any mark, stamp, or punch, or any impression of any mark, &c. made, or to be made in pursuance of this act, by any maker of gold wares, or by the warden or deputy warden, or assayer of either of said offices; or shall transpose or remove, or cause to be transposed, &c. from one piece of gold manufacture to another, or from any piece of gold manufacture to any manufacture made of any kind of metal, or of any mixed metals, or of any composition containing any metal of any kind, any mark or stamp, or any impression of any mark, stamp, or punch, made, or to be made in pursuance of this act, by any maker of gold wares, or by the warden, or deputy warden, or assayer of either of said assay-offices; or shall have in his possession, sell, or expose to sale, exchange, or expose to be exchanged, export or cause to be put on board any ship or vessel, with intent to export out of this kingdom, any manufacture made of gold, or of any kind of metal, or of any mixed metals, or of

. any composition containing any metal or metals, upon which such counterfeited or imitated mark, &c. shall have been made, or to which such real mark, &c. shall have been transposed, &c. as aforesaid, knowing such mark, &c. to have been counterfeited, &c. or such real

mark,

felony

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which is

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c. 15. s. 16. Ir.

&c.;

mark, &c. to have been transposed, &c. as aforesaid ;
every such offender shall be transported for 7 years, or
fined in such sum, and confined for such time as shall
seem meet to the judge before whom such person shall be
convicted. And by the 47 Geo. 3. st. 2. c. 15. s. 16. I. 47 Geo. 3. st.2.
if any person shall cast, forge, or counterfeit, or cause
or procure to be cast, &c. any mark or stamp used or Forging, &c.

stamp, &c in
directed to be used in pursuance of this act, for the mark- gold or silver
ing or stamping of gold or silver plate; or shall cast, &c. by this acı;

plate, required
(or cause, &c.) any mark, stamp, or impression, in imi-.
tation of, or to resemble any mark, &c. made or to be
made with any mark or stamp, used or to be used as
aforesaid; or shall mark or stamp, (or cause, &c.) any
wrought plate of gold or silver, or any wares of silver,
brass, copper, or other metal, gilt over or plated, and
resembling plate of gold or silver, with any mark or
stamp which hath been or shall be cast, forged, or coun-
terfeited, in imitation of, or to resemble any mark or
stamp used as aforesaid ; or shall transpose or remove, or transpusing,
(or cause, &c.) from one piece of wrought plate to ano-
ther, or from any piece of wrought plate to any vessel
of silver, brass, or other metal, any mark, stamp, or
impression made or to be made by or with any mark or
stamp used or to be used as aforesaid ; or shall sell, ex- Or selling, &c.

c

wrought plate,
change, or expose to sale, or export out of Ireland, any &c. with forged
wrought plate of gold or silver, or any vessel of silver, mark, &c.
brass, or other metal, with any such forged or counter-
feited mark, stamp, or impression thereon, or with any
mark, &c. which hath been or shall be transposed or re-
moved, or cut out from any piece of wrought plate,
knowing such mark, &c. to be forged, counterfeited,
transposed, cut out, or removed; or shall wilfully or
knowingly have or be possessed of any mark or stamp
which hath been or shall be forged or counterfeited in
imitation of, or to resemble any mark or stamp used or
to be used as aforesaid, every such offender shall be
guilty of felony, and shall be sentenced to be trans- A felony, hora

punished.
ported for 7 years, as other felons; and if any person
shall cut out of one piece of wrought plate, any stamp, stamp,"&c. to

out
mark, or impression made or to be made by or with any here punished