passed, with intention to defraud any person, body politic or corporate, knowing the same to be counterfeited, shall be deemed guilty of counterfeiting, and being thereof duly convicted, shall be punished by confinement in the penitentiary, for a term not less than one year nor more than fourteen years.
Person having possession of counterfeit coin. Penalty for.Sect. 72. Every person who shall have in his or her possession, or receive for any other person, any counterfeit gold or silver coin or coins, of the species now current or hereafter to be current in this territory, with intention to utter or pass the same, or to permit, cause, or procure the same to be uttered or passed, with intention to defraud any person or persons, body politic or corporate, knowing the same to be counterfeit, and being thereof duly convicted, shall be punished by confinement in the penitentiary, not less than one nor more than fourteen years.
Person having possession of forged note or bill. Penalty for.Sect. 73. Every person who shall have in his or her possession, or shall receive from any other person, any forged promissory note or notes, or bank-bill, or bills for the payment of money, with intention to utter or pass the same, or to permit, cause, or procure the same to be uttered or passed, with intention to defraud any person or persons, body corporate or politic, whether such person or persons, body corporate or politic, reside in, or belong to this territory or not, knowing the same to be forged or counterfeited, or shall have or keep in his possession any blank or unfinished note or bank-bill, made in form or similitude of any promissory note or bill for payment of money, made to be issued by any incorporate bank or banking company in this territory or elsewhere, with intention to fill up and complete such blank and unfinished note or bill, or to permit, or cause or procure the same to be filled up and completed, in order to utter or pass the same, or to permit, or cause or procure the same to be uttered or passed, to defraud any person or persons, body politic or corporate, whether in this territory or elsewhere, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by confinement in the penitentiary, for a term not less than one year nor more than fourteen years.
Person making, passing, &c., fictitious bill, note, or check. Penalty for.Sect. 74. Every person who shall make, pass, utter, or publish, with an intention to defraud any other person or persons, body politic or corporate, either in this territory or else-