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and their co-conspirator obstructed course of public justice by permitting those establishments to flourish within their Division
for such extended periods of time. Criminal element of operations of syndicate throughout 2 years period regular purchases of
banker's drafts to mumbered accounts in United Kingdom, different
banks are used sometimes different branches of same banks
at
different times and by different persons applying to purchase these drafts. The drafts purchased were made payable to same group of numbered accounts at same branches of banks in United Kingdom within
this period. These numbered bank accounts, Crown alleges linked the
2 accused to this corruption conspiracy. 3 numbered bank accounts
controlled by 1st Accused. One of those was in Barclays Bank in
Leeds, one of those was in Barclays Bank at Old Trafford, Manchester
and 3rd, Westminster National Bank at Bakewell, Derbyshire. 1st Accused
has a geographical connection with these 3 areas in United Kindgom and
signed authority by him to his Hong Kong Bank - Hongkong and Shanghai
Banking Corporation to which his official emoluments wore paid ·
directing same bank to remit money to same numbered bank account in
Leeds. No direct evidence that 1st Accused maintained National
Westminster account at Bakewell. On 4 days on which banker's drafts
were purchased in Hong Kong made payable to that numbered account at
the same bank and on same day drafts were purchased to accounts which
Crown alleged were of 2nd Accused. On 2 days when drafts were purchased
for numbered account in Leeds drafts were also purchased for numbered
account in National Westminster Bank and on 2 other occasions drafts
were purchased at same bank and same day for National Westminster
account when drafts were also purchased for Barclays Bank at Old
Trafford. These 2 occasions were after 2nd Accused left Bay View
Police Station. Barclays account at Old Trafford, 3 banker's drafts
payable to the person called C.J.M. Cunningham's account,
Barclays
Bank at Old Trafford. In addition drafts pruchased 3 days in Barclays
at Old Trafford. sand day as when drafts were purchased for 2nd Accused.
Among applicants
for drafts to go to these 2 numbered accounts
B
are 3 applicants who will be Crown witnesses. Those persons sent drafts to Barclays at Old Trafford and to National Westminster. Funds used by persons to acquire these drafts can be shown to have come from account that purchasers of drafts maintained and into