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      Sec. 53a-140. Forgery in the third degree: Class B misdemeanor. (a) A person is guilty of forgery in the third degree when, with intent to defraud, deceive or injure another, he falsely makes, completes or alters a written instrument, or issues or possesses any written instrument which he knows to be forged.

      (b) Forgery in the third degree is a class B misdemeanor.

      (1969, P.A. 828, S. 142; 1971, P.A. 871, S. 39.)

      History: 1971 act referred to issuance of instrument which person knows to be forged rather than to alteration of such an instrument.

      Cited. 194 C. 233. Cited. 204 C. 441. Cited. 207 C. 109. Cited. 232 C. 431; judgment superseded by en banc reconsideration, see 235 C. 502. Cited. 235 C. 469.

      Cited. 8 CA 342. Cited. 11 CA 161. Cited. 33 CA 339; judgment reversed in part, see 232 C. 431; judgment reversed on issues of sufficiency of evidence and jury misconduct, see 235 C. 502. Cited. 37 CA 72; Id., 437. Cited. 42 CA 790. Forgery statute, Sec. 53a-138 et seq. cited. 47 CA 1.

      Subsec. (a):

      Cited. 34 CS 606; Id., 656.