Mr Taney said:
The indictment was found under the provisions of the act of April 10th, 1816, sect. 18, incorporating the Bank of the United States. The offence charged in the first count is selling "a counterfeit bill;" in the second count the offence alleged is selling "a counterfeit note...
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