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The various requests for sterling drafts were identified by the
witnesses as having been purchased by them because they recognized their
signatures and were made payable to a number of different accounts in the
United Kingdom. The following evidence was led to prove that the accounts mentioned in the drafts belonged to Cunningham & Thompson.
Dealing with Cunninghamfirst. One of the recipient accounts was
actually in the name of C.J.M. Cunningham, this was at the Old Trafford
Branch of Barclays Bank. The second was an account at the Westminister
Bank, Bakewell Branch, the account number being 80698573. The third was an
account at Old Trafford Branch of Barclays Bank, account no. 40306916. The
fourth account was at Barclays Bank, Park Row, Leeds and the account no.
was 80292192.
These accounts were connected to Cunningham in the following way:
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Number one account gave the full name of 'C.J.M.' Cunningham which
is the name which appeared in Cunningham's passport which was produced.
In Hong Kong he used only the initials 'C.J.'. As well as this, general evidence
was also given that he came from and had worked in this particular area
in the U.K. Finally, in reply to a section 14 notice, he admitted to
the I.C.A.C. to having two accounts at this particular Bank, the Old
Trafford Branch of Barclays Bank and admitted they were in his full name
C.J.M. Cunningham. No one actually identified these drafts as having
been purchased by them. However, the drafts sent to the account
C.J.M. Cunningham were signed by a man called Li Wah, and there was evidence
that Li Wah ran a food catering business frequented by police officers
from Bay View and catering directly to that Police Station.
As to account number two, he again admitted in a section 14
notice that he had two accounts at the National Westminister Bank, Bakewell
Branch.
As to account number three, he admitted answer to a section 14
notice to having an account at the Old Trafford Branch in C.J.M. Cunningham.
As to account number four, a Hong Kong bank officer gave evidence
and he produced letter signed by Cunningham himself requesting his Hong Kong bank to send the money to Mrs. Cunningham's account, which he identified being
the same number as the number in some of the drafts.