Fred Is Being Prosecuted for Forgery Because He Sold a Document

question 23

Multiple Choice

Fred is being prosecuted for forgery because he sold a document that he claimed was the handwritten notes Lincoln used while giving the Gettysburg Address. The prosecution has asked a forensics document examiner to evaluate the document. What can the forensics document examiner tell about the handwriting that might indicate forgery?

• A) The slope and angle of the writing is different from the writing in other documents known to have been written by Lincoln.
• B) Phrasing and grammar in the document Fred sold are different from what was in common use in 1863.
• C) The relative dimensions of the letters in the document that Fred sold do not match those in documents well known historians have attributed to Lincoln.
• D) A forensics document examiner would be qualified to testify to all of these.

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