Summary

Portrait of Morrison Waite Morrison Waite Carll — Opinion of the Court

They also have the 'imprint and impression of the seal of the department of the treasury of the United States.' In the indictment it is averred that the counterfeits were of bonds of the United States. This is enough for the purposes of the jurisdiction of the circuit court. Whether the bonds counterfeited are in the form of those actually issued by the secretary of the treasury under the authority of the act referred to, is a question of fact to be established on the trial.
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