Maine statute

15 M.R.S. § 753 — General allegation of intent to defraud sufficient

Current through First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)

Part of Chapter 103: Complaints, Maine Revised Statutes.

Full text of 15 M.R.S. § 753

Statutory text current through the First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025). This publication reproduces the statutory text of the Maine Revised Statutes from the Revisor of Statutes' official published files; it is not the official statutes of the State of Maine and has not been certified by the Secretary of State.

15 M.R.S. § 753Primary source, current through the First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)

When an intent to defraud is necessary to constitute an offense, it is sufficient to allege generally in the indictment an intent to defraud. If there appears on trial an intent to defraud the United States, any state, county, town, person or corporation, it is sufficient.

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