General Court of Virginia July 1, 1815 (Commonwealth v. Proctor)

THE prisoner was indicted in April 1791, in the District Court of Richmond, for having, on the 11th of December, 1790,feloniously and falsely made, forged and counterfeited, and for having caused and procured to be falsely made, forged and counterfeited, a certain writing obligatory purporting to be a power of attorney signed and sealed by one William Cosby, the tenor whereof is stated as