[List-Cumbria] Forged note

[Michael Lightfoot]

On 11/4/20 5:22 am, Petra Mitchinson via List-Cumbria wrote:
>
> A forged bank note.
>
> Very serious matter, counterfeit money. Death penalty was standard for 
> counterfeiting coins and notes and for uttering them – although 
> uttering sometimes got milder sentences.
>
> Most death sentences for counterfeiting were commuted to lesser 
> sentences, mostly transportation.
>
> Petra
>
The renowned early Australian (colony of NSW) architect Francis Greenway 
was a convicted forger whose death sentence was commuted to 
transportation.  Our gain, the UK's loss.  :-)

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Michael Lightfoot
Canberra, Australia
michael.lightfoot at pcug.org.au
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