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Uttering counterfeit Queen's gold or silver coin.
21 & 25 Viet. c. 99 s. 9.
Uttering counterfeit Queen's gold or silver coin, with circumstances of aggravation. Ib. s. 10.
Knowingly having three
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convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour and with or without solitary confinement.
8. Every person who tenders, utters, or puts off any false or counterfeit coin resembling, or apparently intended to resemble or pass for, any of the Queen's current gold or silver coin, knowing the same to be false or counterfeit, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding one year, with or without hard labour and with or without solitary confinement.
9. Every person who tenders, utters, or puts off any false or counterfeit coin resembling, or apparently intended to resemble or pass for, any of the Queen's current gold or silver coin, knowing the same to be false or counterfeit, and, at the time of such tendering, uttering, or putting off, has in his custody or possession, besides the false or counterfeit coin so tendered, uttered, or put off, any other piece of false or counterfeit coin resembling, or apparently intended to resemble or pass for, any of the Queen's current gold or silver coin, or, either on the day of such tendering, uttering, or putting off or within the space of ten days then next ensuing, tenders, utters, or puts off any false or counterfeit coin resembling, or apparently intended to resemble or pass for, any of the Queen's current gold or silver coin, knowing the same to be false or counterfeit, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour and with or without solitary confinement.
10. Every person who has in his custody or possession three or more pieces of false or counterfeit coin resembling, or apparently intended to resemble or pass for, any of the Queen's current gold or silver coin, knowing the same to be false or counterfeit, and with intent to utter or put off the same or any of them, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment with hard labour for the term of three years or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour and with or without solitary confinement.
with intent to utter the same. 18. s. 11.
Second offence of uttering, etc., after previous conviction. Ib. s. 12.
11. Every person who, having been convicted, either before or after the commencement of this Ordinance, of any such misdemeanor as is mentioned in any of the last three preceding sections or of any felony against this Ordinance or any former enactment in force in this Colony relating to the coin, afterwards commits any of the misdemeanors mentioned in any of the said sections shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment...
240
Uttering counterfeit Queen's gold or silver coin.
21 & 25 Viet. c. 99 s. 9.
Uttering counterfeit Queen's gold or silver coin,
with circum- stances of aggravation. Пb. s. 10.
Knowingly
having three
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convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to im- prisonment for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour and with or without solitary confinement.
8. Every person who tenders, utters, or puts off any false or counter- feit coin resembling, or apparently intended to resemble or pass for, any of the Queen's current gold or silver coin, knowing the same to be false or counterfeit, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding one year, with or without hard labour and with or without solitary confinement.
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9. Every person who tenders, utters, or puts off any false or counter- feit coin resembling, or apparently intended to resemble or pass for, any of the Queen's current gold or silver coin, knowing the same to be false or counterfeit, and, at the time of such tendering, uttering, or putting off, has in his custody or possession, besides the false or counterfeit coin so tendered, uttered, or put off, any other piece of false or counterfeit coin resembling, or apparently intended to resemble or pass for, any of the Queen's current gold or silver coin, or, either on the day of such tendering, uttering, or putting off or within the space of ten days then next ensuing, tenders, utters, or puts off any false or counterfeit coin resembling, or apparently intended to resemble or pass for, any of the Queen's current gold or silver coin, knowing the same to be false or counterfeit, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour and with or without solitary confinement.
10. Every person who has in his custody or possession three or more or more pieces pieces of false or counterfeit coin resembling, or apparently intended to of counterfeit resemble or pass for, any of the Queen's current gold or silver coin, Queen's gold or silver coin, knowing the same to be false or counterfeit, and with intent to utter or put off the same or any of them, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment with hard labour for the term of three years or to im- prisonment for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour and with or without solitary confinement.
with intent to utter the
same. 18. s. 11.
Second offence of uttering, etc.. after previous conviction. b. s. 12.
11. Every person who, having been convicted, either before or after the commencement of this Ordinance, of any such misdemeanor as is mentioned in any of the last three preceding sections or of any felony against this Ordinance or any former enactment in force in this Colony relating to the coin, afterwards commits any of the misdemeanors men- tioned in any of the said sections shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to im-
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