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EXAJUDGE'S STORIMA TO. A
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Under-Secretary it the Home Office, and member of the Indian Legisla tive Council, told the Committee some amusing things from his ex perience na County Court indge" thirty years ago. He spoke of a notorious Polish Jew, trading under
FORGER'S DEN.
WHAT A POLICE RAID
·REVEALED,
OLEVER JANG..
Loadout
· Biz Mackenzie Chalmers, is former Permanent Under-Necretary ol Scottish name, who took out a State at the Home Office, and for judgment summons to enforce an severn) yours a County Court judge, extortionate claim: The man was gare evidence on June 24 before told that if he did not make a fair! Forcing their way into a house by the Joint Select Committee of the fettlement be would get jrielgment shattering the locks of the doors Lord and Commons which, under for the debt to be payable by in- with revolver shots, Scotland Yard the presidency of Lord Durling, is strimente of 1d. a month, and detectives raided u house at Euris considering the two bills relating to after that," said Sir Mackenzie, Court. money-lenders.
we got
rather On
better." There they discovered a. forger's Sir Brnley Blackwell (Assistant (Taughter). There used to be a den, in which were three and a half (Legal) Under-Secretary, Home very common fraud by which tons of mucdinery, including a plant. Office) submitted a memorandumsomeone impersonated aborrower. for the making of photogniplic drawn up early in the year by the A woman, wishing to borrow money plates. Home Office and Board of Trudle, and not wishing her husband to be One man was arrested. It is be when it was thought the Govern party to it, would pay a gun 28. 68, lieved that the discovery explains ment might itself introduce a bill to impersonate her husband and the masses of spurious British and The memorandum stated that it was forge his main Case after enso of koreign notes which have recently difficult to place a limit on the rate that kind came before him in the been in circulation... of interest, but that a document County Court. In another case o Picturesque figures, each con- should be given to the borrower working must, wishing to borrow £5, trusting in a marked way with the containing a disclosure of the tock two sureties along with him.other, comprised the gang. A rufe of interest ammually chur The money-lender did not know the powerful hunchback, aged 68, a ged. He wished to point outstretics by sight, and they each shimly-built, soft-spoken youngster, that the Hon Office had little signed the other's mume, and when fonda sullow, amart, mun-ubout | kowledge of money-lending trap they were sure they set up the town, an exceptiosul linguist, who
actions. That department had defence that their #gnatures were nothing to do with county court and forgeries. (Laughter. High Court work.
Ford Darling; Lending money is not a musibul offence.
Lord Darling: What did you do] in that case,
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recently, adopted Oxford trousers, rented the rooms on the pretext of conducting a press photography studio. All three eluded the police.
The police consider the plant the largest and costtical ever found. It was worked under high-power aro lights behind carefully-shaded win- adows, enabling might-long manu- facture without atineling atten-
Witness: I suil they must think Sir F. Blackwell proceeding, of something better next time. I mentioned that the Inland Revenue (Laughter),
kept the register of money-lenders. Lord Darling: If a moneylender Regarding the sending of money-lent to mar impersonating lenders' circulars through the post, I husband, what happened when the i was already illegal, to send them moneylender sued someone? to minors. Post-office servants | Witness: Generally the woman wished telegrams excluded from put the summous `in the fire, mach a restriction, as confpy elseks. Tranght m Execution was then might not bought to detect such issued against the husband, who | telegummise.
would come to me to set aside the judgment, which I did after he had satisfied me that he and not really signed the paper,
Lord Darling Just they don't know what to the bar one, means. Tughla
Lord wifing: The person who impersonated the hinband would be prosecuted?
Witness! No, they would never he prosecuted for forgery,
Lord Darling: Forgery used to ha capital office.
λίστι
The door was electrically locked and opened in response to a secret signal.
"The raid followed the unrest of s man in Oxford Street, charged with false pretences. He was currying papers revealing the whereabouts
of the den.
Thousands of spurious bank notes, and money orders are believed to. have been made there. They were the cleveret imitations.
Mr B. Buckwall expressed the opinion that prohibition of the sending of money-lendora circulars could be enforced buste my people resented revving much eir-, culars and would infer the police if they did receive them. At present money-ldera were automatically Witness: Yes, down to bent registerrd. He was against them 1840 1840. You turdship muy being fernsed, as that might con- remember a man beingi mesecuted Daughter: "No: he telephoned vey the idea that there was some for forgery, convicted, mich given that it was ruining so hard he would
six months. You said to him, You not be over.
"Not much of wrain bean is he?"
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es to the sailibility of a small moneylendy who got drunk and assaulted his or her clients, but it was impossible for the poliev to form a sound judgment on the belter class of moneylenders with a view to licensing them.
area Incky fellow, for bad you committed this forgery nf53 WRITE age you would be hingefiext Monday." (Laughter);
Father: "Where is that young. man of yours to-night? Isn't he coming?
silver monogram, and I found it!
her ladyship" a low on bractive terms with a pledge greatest secrey." (Laugh-
Lord Darling said the ultration of the law in that respect seemed to offered have had some unfortunate conse-most quences. (Laughter).
of the :ter).
Lord Darling Ang shice then? Witness: Wellave never hard of anollief prosecution. (Laughter),
KICTITIOUR NAMES,
The bilis now before Parliament, contined, sought to lindt sunt of ful-rest that might charged, but he doubted the. vilom of the proposal. A short. term Statute of Limitations would he more offective; and he suggested
period of six months after which the debt should be a debt of honour. Probably a reasonable compromise would be arrived at in that event. Moneylenders, ought (Laughter).
Lord Parling put to the witness the suggestion that the applicants Sir Mackenzie 'aid he waily once should give proof of means und-that heard of a moneylender prosecuting a charter.might bë given to a body a man for forgery and Smpers with disciplinary powers.
tion, and the experience and pe Site Blackwell, thought that encouraging. U modeyip was also open to the suggestion that not like his cross-examination it carried some sort of guarantee. in due course he had to take, his Such i chartered body was not like own turn in the dock. (Laughter), ly to command public confidenes. He got eighteen months' hard He was merely judging by the lohour. rather hostile spirit to moneylenders that one saw. Section 4 of the Act of 1900 was a dead letter, because people would not come forward with the evidence that they were, in- Sir Mackenzie express the opinnot to be allowed to trade in [duced, or un attempt was made toliau that mendacions advertise
induen them. to borrow money, oments and circulars ought to be the strength of false and fraudiskar stopped. As I happen to be a
Lord Darling: Becans, the Scotá slutements,
bachelor be said, "I have no
Eres more generous in regard to Answering Lord Raglon. Bir hesitation in opening letters ad- money. Cughter). : Ernley said he thought that if yessed to my wife, Laughter). AT regurd to moneylending in prohibited the sending of cruisew months ago I opened a letter factories they were bound to have a large in addressed, in Indy's hand- Mackenzie suggested that the prac workshops, Sir crease of touting, which might be writing, in a mauve envelope with tice should be dealt with on the more pernicious. Personally he thought the misance of the receipt
of moneylenders' eirculars War
ther exaggerated.
fictitions mumes. Many of them used Scottish names.
and
same footing as street betting; the police should be authorised to arrast nt sight.
Lieut Colonel A. Pownall, M.P., for East Lewisham, told the 'Com-
suggested that the objectionable the mornings! Fited fresh, or dull.mittee that since he introduced
Lord Darling: A previous witness
HOW DO YOU WAKE thing abont touts was that they depressed, il-tempered? If the latter, meylenders Bills in the House of dreaded like peers of the realm. Do probably your vein to blame, in which Commons in 1922 and 1924 he had you how that could be pre-rase try Pinke ter the dainty little had a great deal of correspondence vented? (Taughter). There used regulators. Pinkettes reatly stimulate showing that in many cases actual to ho sumptuary lawa, under which the live...
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Answering Lieut.-Colonel. Waits. Morgan, the witness said he wished moneylending carried on without ularity, curs niisananens, sick bandscher, costed tongue, Ill-amaling broath Of advertisements in the newspapers chemists, or 50 cents the vial, post free. The victims ought to have the right from the Dr Williams Medicine Co to know from whom, they were 160Kianges Road, thangbai.
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