context: (Emphasis added). Harrod argues that "similitude" includes only items that "bear[ ] such a likeness or resemblance to any of the genuine obligations or securities issued under the authority of the United States as is calculated to deceive an honest, sensible and unsuspecting person of ordinary observation and care when dealing with a person supposed to be upright and honest."
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.parenthetical: holding that one-sided bogus bills with indistinct reverse duplicates of real bills were not counterfeit as a matter of law
citation_a.sentence: See also United States v. Smith, 318 F.2d 94 (4th Cir.1963) (holding that one-sided bogus bills with indistinct reverse duplicates of real bills were not counterfeit as a matter of law). Courts have traditionally applied this standard for “similitude” in counterfeiting cases, including § 474 cases.
citation_b.signal: no signal
citation_b.parenthetical: upholding conviction under 18 U.S.C. SS 264 for possession of one-sided copies of bills and various counterfeiting equipment
citation_b.sentence: United States v. Lustig, 159 F.2d 798, 802 (3d Cir.) (upholding conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 264 for possession of one-sided copies of bills and various counterfeiting equipment), cert. denied, 331 U.S. 853, 67 S.Ct. 1737, 91 L.Ed. 1861 (1947), order vacated on reh’g and cert. granted, 333 U.S. 835, 68 S.Ct. 601, 9 L.Ed. 1119 (1948), rev’d on other grounds, 338 U.S. 74, 69 S.Ct. 1372, 93 L.Ed. 1819 (1949).