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(영문) 대법원 1989. 12. 12. 선고 89도1264 판결

[유가증권위조,동행사,사기][집37(4)형,529;공1990.2.1(865),308]

Main Issues

In the absence of special provisions on the method of exercising the right to supplement a blank bill, the exercise of the right to supplement the blank bill and the crime of forging securities, which deviate from the scope thereof.

Summary of Judgment

In a case where a purchaser of a blank bill supplements a blank bill beyond the limit of the supplementary right determined by an agreement with the issuer, since it constitutes the issuance of a new promissory note with the signature and seal of the issuer, it constitutes a crime of forging securities. However, in a case where the limit of the supplementary right does not specify the limit itself as a certain amount from the beginning and there is no special provision about the method of its exercise, if there is no dispute, it cannot be determined that there is an abuse of the supplementary right or a criminal intent to commit such an abuse of the supplementary right, even if the exercise of the supplementary right deviatess from the scope, it shall not be determined that there is an abuse of the supplementary right or a criminal intention to commit such an abuse of the supplementary right. It shall be determined carefully

[Reference Provisions]

Article 214 of the Criminal Act

Reference Cases

Supreme Court Decision 72Do897 delivered on June 13, 1972

Escopics

Defendant

upper and high-ranking persons

Defendant

Defense Counsel

Attorney Han Han-chul

Judgment of the lower court

Seoul Criminal Court Decision 88No5091 delivered on June 8, 1989

Text

The judgment of the court below is reversed and the case is remanded to the Panel Division of the Seoul Criminal Court.

Reasons

As to each ground of appeal:

The court below found that the defendant's act of using the aforesaid blank note 10,000 won and less than 50,000 won was 60,000 won for the purpose of securing all damages due to the reasons attributable to the non-indicted company which is the contractor, and issued and delivered a supplementary note 140,000 won by paying the amount corresponding to the above losses. But the complainant, while conducting the above installation work, he did not reach the design capacity of the above underground room and omitted part of the water tank. Further, the defendant's act of using the above blank note 160,000 won and less than 160,000 won was 60,000 won which was 60,000 won less than 160,000 won which was 60,000 won which was 60,000 won more than 106,000 won which was 60,000 won more than 160,000 won of the above construction work, and it did not reach the extent of 106,06,00.

In order to supplement the requirements of the bill after the date, if a purchaser of a blank bill makes up for the blank bill more than the limit of the supplement right determined by an agreement with the issuer, it constitutes the issuance of a new promissory note using the existing promissory note with the issuer’s signature and seal. Therefore, the abuse of the supplementary right constitutes a crime of forging securities (see Supreme Court Decision 72Do897, Jun. 13, 1972). Furthermore, the act of inducing the other party to deliver money for discount items by presenting it to the other party as if it is a duly supplemented promissory note, constitutes a crime of uttering of forged securities and a crime of fraud.

However, it is difficult for the defendant to unilaterally conclude that he had no specific amount of money and there was no special dispute over the method of exercising the right to supplement the above-mentioned construction work, as stated in this case. It cannot be readily concluded that he had abused the right to supplement the above-mentioned construction work or there was an intention to commit such act. The records of the court below are as follows: (a) The defendant, despite his own use of the right to supplement the above-mentioned construction work by 60,00 won for the reasons for the non-indicted 1 and 670,000 won for the non-indicted 1 and the non-indicted 1 and the non-indicted 50,000 won for the non-indicted 1 and the non-indicted 1 and the non-indicted 6,000 won for the non-indicted 1 and the non-indicted 2's use of the right to supplement the construction work (the non-indicted 96,106, for the non-indicted 1 and 500,000 won for the non-indicted 1 and 606,06,00.

Nevertheless, the court below held that the face value of the bill of this case exceeded the extent of its supplementary right and the defendant's intent to commit a crime against abuse of the right to supplement the blank bill is constituted of the crime of forging the securities, the crime of uttering of the right to supplement the blank bill, and the crime of fraud under the premise that the court below committed a crime against the abuse of the right to supplement the blank bill. It did not err in the misapprehension of the legal principles as to the criminal intent of abuse of the right to supplement the blank bill,

Therefore, the judgment of the court below is reversed, and the case is remanded to the Panel Division of the Seoul Criminal Court. It is so decided as per Disposition by the assent of all participating Justices.

Justices Kim Yong-ju (Presiding Justice)