2

C

Of falsehoods in general

the fact which in the first instance is falsely around must be a particular

kind of fact relative to the personality of a certain individual: in simple

falshood it has as need to be any particular fact, but may

be any fact whatsoever.

The distinction between forgery and personation

- between forgery and personation

turns upon two points. In the

personation the averment requesting this personally of the

individual has reference to every period of his existence from his

birth to the time of committing the offence inclusively. For instance that

the individual who is now standing in such a spot of such a Court of

Justice

this day the 1st day of Jan y 1780 is

the same individual who on the 1st

day of Jan y 1750 was born of such a

woman at such an hour minute and second of that day and consequently has

been so during all the intermediate time. In forgery the

respecting the personality of the individual has reference to only one

very narrow and limited period of his existence: viz: that which has

been

taken up in making the characters which confirm the

instrument in question, or what comes to the same thing in

exhibiting those signs which are understood to direct his excusing it

that is to declare that this sign confirmed in the instrument