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A person is said to make a false document, who -

dishonestly or fraudulently, makes, signs, seals or executes a document, or part of a document, or makes any mark denoting the execution of a document, with the intention of causing it to be believed that such document or part of a document was made, signed, sealed or executed by or by the authority he knows that it was not made, signed, sealed or executed, or at a time at which he knows that it was not made, signed, sealed or executed;

without lawful authority, dishonestly or fraudulently, by cancellation or otherwise, alters a document in any material part thereof, after it has been made or executed either by himself or by any other person, whether such person be living or dead at the time of such alteration; or

dishonestly or fraudulently, causes any person to sign, seal, execute, or alter a document, knowing that such person by reason of

A has a letter of credit upon B for $10,000, written by Z. A, in order to defraud B, adds a civher to the $10,000, and makes the sum $100.000, intending that it mav be believed

A. without Z's authority, affixes Z's seal to a document purporting to be a conveyance of an estate from Z to A, with the intention of selling the estate to B, and thereby obtaining from B the purchase-money. A has committed forgery.

A picks up a cheque on a banker signed by B payable to bearer, but without any sum having been inserted in the cheque. A fraudulently fills up the cheque by inserting the sum of

A leaves with B, his agent, a cheque on a banker signed by A. without inserting the sum payable and authorised B to fill up the cheque by inserting a sum not exceeding $10,000

A draws a bill of exchange on himself in the name of B without B's authority, intending to discount it as a genuine bill with a banker, and intending to take up the bill on its maturity. Here, as A draws the bill with intent to deceive the banker by leading him to suppose that he had the security of B, and thereby to discount the bill. A is guilty of forgery.

A sells and conveys an estate to Z. A afterwards, in order to defraud Z of his estate, executes a conveyance of the same estate to B, dated 6 months earlier than the date of the convevance to Z. intending it to be believed that he had conveved the estate to B before he a conv4ed it to Z.'A has coGmitted forgery.

A, without B's authority, writes a letter and signs it in B's name certifying to A's character, intending thereby to obtain employment under Z. A has committed forgery.

A signs his own name to a bill of exchange, intending that it may be believed that the bill was drawn by another person of the same name. A has committed forgery.

A writes the word "accepted" on a piece of paper and signs it with 2"s name, in order that B may afterwards write on the paper a bill of exchange drawn by B upon Z, and negotiate the bill as though it had been accepted by Z. A is guilty of forgery, and if B, knowing the fact, draws the bill upon the paper pursuant to A's intention, B is also guilty of forgery.

A picks up a bill of exchange payable to the order of a different person of the same name. A indorses the bill in his own name, intending to cause it to be believed that it was indorsed by the person to whose order it was payable. Here, A has committed forgery.

A, a trader, in anticipation of insolvency, lodges effects with B for A's benefit, and with intent to defraud his creditors; and in order to give a colour to the transaction, writes a promissory note binding himself to pay to B a sum for value received, and antedates the note, intending that it may be believed to have been made before A was on the point of insolvency. A has committed forgery under the first head of the definition.