§ 1815 - Description of paper forged or counterfeited - Vermont Statutes

§ 1815. Description of paper forged or counterfeited

In a complaint, information or indictment for forgery or counterfeiting, or for uttering and publishing as true an instrument, document or paper which may be the subject of the offense of forgery or counterfeiting, it shall be sufficient to describe such instrument, document or paper by the name or designation by which it is usually known or by the purport thereof, without setting forth a copy or facsimile or otherwise describing the same or its value. A misnaming of such instrument, document or paper shall not affect the cause, provided, that as set forth, the same appears to be any one of the instruments, documents or papers which is made a subject of the offense of forgery or counterfeiting.