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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MAY 1929.
TSANG ON WING'S HANDWRITING.
CLOSE CROSS-EXAMINATION ON VARIATIONS.
SCHOOLBOY" SCRIPT WHEN HE WROTE
CAREFULLY.”.
COMPLICITY IN FRAUD SUGGESTED.
During yesterday's hearing of the case before the Chief Justice (Sir Henry Gallan), and a special jury in the Supreme Court, in which the Government is suing the Hong Kong Bank for the re- crediting of 8260,000 paid on three úlegedly forged cheques, Mr. Jenkin, Counsel for the Bank, intimated he would submit to the jury that Tsang On Wing wrote in the body of the three cheques in question. Tsang strongly denied the suggestion.
"TSANG SHOULD HAVE TOLD.”
Yesterday morning's cross-exams- did not, strike him as peculiar that nation of Taang Of Wing centred all ve figures had been altered, round letters which were sent from much more simple method of cross- neither did it strike him that a
the Treasury to the bank at various ing the figures dut instead of alter- times.
ing them could have been adopted.
Mr. Jenkin: It was your duty to draft letters regarding stale cheques 1-Yes."
In all these matters you were ex- tremely careful. That is when you had to put on record matters as between the Treasury and the Bank 1--Yes.
Suppositions,
Mr. Jenkin: You still say that done in the Hong Kong Bank- you thought that alteration` was.
Not now, of course. I did at the fime.
Keys of the Safe,
safe keys, witness said Mr. Mousa Questioned with regard to the
had a key and he had another one. The jury expressed a desire to see the other key and this was fetched from the Treasury, the members Why did it not occur to you to of the jury examining both keys. draft a brief letter to the bank with They expressed the view that one) regard to the discovery of the short- | of, the keys had been made locally, age in the cheque book!-At that; The foreman - addressed His Lord- time I thought it was not necessary ship, who, in turn, informed coun- ! to trouble the bank. I thought sel that it was passing through the they had sent cheques short. jury's mind that if one key had been made locally others might have been made at the same time.
I put it to you that if you enter tained the view you say you did, you should at least have sengon brief- chit to the bank and made the matter clear. You don't agree with that -No.
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In reply to a question from the jury Tsang said that within his time the key of the safe in the Treasury had never been lost..
I put the same to you with re- Dealing with routine cheques gard to the other cheque book-witness said that when making that you should have straightened cheques out he left a certain num the thing out with the bark?
Maintained Silence.
ber in the book for salaries, pen- sions and matters like that so that the numbers would be consecutive.
Mr. Jenkin: They being routine
Teang said that, he thought the second occasion was of less import-ebeques and being left in a wad in.
ance than the first.
There was a third man in addition to yourself, and Cheung who was sometimes engaged in filling "in cheques 1-Yes, Chow Wah Sang.
Did you ever discuss the altered covers with this man -No.
UBE.
the book would they be signed by Mr. Black and Mr. Messer for you to fill them in No.
Blackboard Demonstration...
that the latter part of his cross- Alter informing his Lordship
examination would deal with what Witness agreed that when he be alleged was Teang's participa ordered the cheque book "G" for tion, Mr. Jenkin went on to deal 200 cheques, the book "F" was in with witness's handwriting, produc- ing a large blackboard on which Mr. Jenkin: You had taken witness wrote examples of various "F" into use. You only ordered letters. 200 because the only shortage you In reply to questions be said that knew of was of 30 cheques in the his formation of certain letters was previous book "E-Yes.
invariable. He never made a You ordered 200 because by the square "Z" and never made a “k" inct of there being 600 in the rein the form in which it appeared on serve cheque book you would have the Min Tak cheque. Aufficient for the end of the year Yes.
You knew when you ordered a new book on December 20 that the reserve cheque book had 600 in it
Yes.
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Witness was banded a counterfoil and cheque, both of which he ad- mitted filling in.
Mr. Jenkin pointed out that the counterfoil was written in witness's
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"Not Very Busy." Witness: I tried to write as slowly as possible as I was not very busy.
Mr. Jenkin: What was the idea?
idea.
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making the ordinary letters but As far as you knew you were
particular hurry that day 7-Yes.". very slowly because you bad no
The cheques for that day are in ordinary sequence. Here is the next Were you writing slowly on
one.
Chater Road.
INSTONE BANK IN LIQUIDATION.
holders of the Instone Banking At a special meeting of the share- Corporation the voluntary liquida- ed upon. « tion of the Corporation was resody-
A YEAR-OLD CRIME.
RAID ON JUNK AT CASTLE PEAK BAY.
CHINESE VOLUNTEERS TO THE RESCUE.
It was proved to the satisfaction of the meeting that the Company could not, by reason of its liabili- Am alleged armed robber was ties, continue its business.
before Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith at Mr. N. Instone Brewer, Presi Kowloon Magistracy yesterday on a
If it had not you would have had own handwriting, but described the that one? It is your ordinary writdent, and Mr. O. A. C. Rodriques charge of complicity in a raid on a
to order more than 2007-Yes.
So you knew when you ordered the last book that there were 600 cheques in the reserve book and that it was in the same condition as when it arrived from the bank - Yes
Then on December 2 for the first time you found cheques abort and you knew that something must have happened between December 20 and 12 1 Yes.
In other words that something had happened while the book was in current use -It may be.
Could it be anything else -A
writing in the body of the cheque 19
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peculiar."
A Coincidence. Witness explained that he was trying to do schoolboy's" hand writing
It may be the purest coincidence. but November 4, the date of that cheque, is the date when Exhibit
was returned from the gaol -Yes...
ing
Yes.
It is on the very same page 1— Yes..
Did you suddenly get busy-It may be that I wrote the first one slowly and did not want to write any more like that...
Were you trying a new hand That is to say, to form new letters or see how your writing would look with different letters -I had no idea.
were appointed liquidators.
The President of the Bank said brick-junk which took place on that creditors would be paid in full. April 5, 1928, off Tai Lam Chung, He mentioned that whereas only Castle Peak Bay. The defendant about $100,000 debt was owed by the Bank, no less than $500,000 was due
to the concern by debtors
Assets are actually 7 times greater than liabilities, we understand,
His Lordship: Possibly, At any rate I think you're right, Mr. Potter
Charge of Criminality,
pleaded not guilty.
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Outlining the case for the pro-.. secution, Sub-Inspector A. J. W." Dorling said that on April 3 last year the complainant's junk left- Castle Peak with a load of bricks
Why were you trying to do time I was not very busy,
schoolboy's writing 1-At the Let us be clear on this point a
Hong Kong. He set sail in the it is of great importance to all con-
afternoon and arriving off Tai Lam have practised such writing on a just your ordinary writing written Witness agreed that he could cerned. As far as you know it was
Chung, about two miles from Chuen Mr. Potter: In view of the charge Wan, he dropped "anchor 'owing to piece of paper instead of a Treasury slowly because you were not busy cheque, but denied he was trying and did not know that you were of co-criminality which is alleged by bad weather. Later a boat ap tween December 20 when you say it to see if it would get past Mr, making unusual letters in your write my learned friend, may we put one proached the junk and shots were
book is always in reserve.
Could it be anything else than that something had happened be
it was all right and December 221-
It might be earlier.
How do you make that out
did not check it when it was brought into use,
Messer.
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Witness said he could give no other reason beyond the fact that he was not busy.
:
*No Uniformity."
ing I did not know.
Submissions.
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or two questions to witness with
regard to his discharge. I would fired. It came alongside and six like to deal with one thing. He said this morning that he wrote slowly new fully armed boarded the com when he did alterations and be used plainant's vease. The complainant, his family and a foki were seized Mr. Jenkin: What do you mean hold of the junk.
and bound and thrown into the The robbers
the same forins.
I want to put several conclusions to witness on all the facts of the case, My Lord, I am going to in- It was of great importance on Further blackboard demonstravite the jury on the facts connected December 20 that you should know tions were made by Mr. Jenkin with the handwriting points on the how many cheques were required during his resumed cross-examin- cheques to hold this view on the by that ?..
Mr. Potter: It is quite obvious. sailed the junk into Chinese terri tion of Thang after the tifin in evidence as being the only conclu He said he uses "nice, careful writ tory and anchored off Mow Chan Afterval:
I don't think it was of great im- portance.
Your calculation would include the certainty as to the number you
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sion compatible with the facts
ness now...
Tsang said that there was no His Lordship: You are entitleding. At the moment I want your Creek, in the Taiping District, uniformity in the way he wrote the to make any submission, of course. Lordship's permission for Mr.here nearly all the bricks were have got in reserve 7-Yes,
You ask us to believe that your position above the line.
word "Messrs." in addition to its You had better put them to wit Sheldon to put a couple of these taken off.
alterations to bim done in this Chinese Volunteer Corps. experience on December 2 when you!
nice, careful hand."
The local Chinese Volunteer Counsel: I put it to you that the Mr. Jenkin (to witness): I put found an unprecedented change in handwriting on these three chegues (1) that you knew if the 30 cheques
His Lordship: Yes, if you wish, Corps learned of the piracy and attacked the robbers whist of Mow the contents of "E" had no effect is yours 1-I strongly deny that!
had been extracted from book "E" Mr. Patter. when you took the next one into
Mr. Sheldon (to witness) When Chau Creek and drove them off. There were many occasions at the after it arrived from the Bank- current use though the bank Treasury when you were not busily that is to say, before January 18, you were being cross-examined on They took possession of the junk had sent cheques short.
The December 2 incident had slip-engaged, but this was the only time long before, as a matter of fact, the Ma Fung cheque, which was and within 14 days of the occur. written in the "schoolboy" hand rance the defendant and his family you used that band I wrote the you knew ?--I did not know. ped your memory by December 203 C.S.P.'a cheque Hike it.
-No.
Correctly Checked the Book." You relied on the fact that you had correctly checked the book on ite: receipt -Yes.
I also put (2) that inasmuch as and were asked the reason you returned to Hong Kong. A report Do you really mean that you never discussed the alterations, wrote in that manner, did you say was made to the police but nothing You knew then on December 20 mean it is written very slowly and on the cover with your assistant, anything about using the same hard ooramed until April 14, this year. that you had discovered that
very nicely.
moreover, and as you never pointed when it was necessary to make when, Sub-Inspector Dorling mid, curious feature on December 21-
it out to either Mr. Black or Mr. alterations or write carefully he and a number of police raided Yes.
Messer, that cover was not altered Yes. I said not a new handwrite an numbered mutated at Wong
Nei Chong village where the defen whilst in current use 1
ing."
this ch That alteration, on this cheque dont was arrested. At the ratsbed was made by you in the careful five pawn-tickets were found. The pawn-tickets were traced to the handwriting 1-Yes.
Were all alterations made like various shops were articles of cloth. this-Many of them, some were ing were recovered and identified by the complainant and his wife as More carefully than is your habit their property. The defendant was when writing out cheques Yes put up for identification on April What about these two cheques 113, and of the five witnesses, four I made the alterations slowly as in picked the defendant out as being one of the men who took part in school copy-book. The case was adjourned until the attack on the junk a year ago.
The hearing was adjourned. Monday morning.
Look at this cheque, X10 6,305. His Lordship: That is the cheque Mr. Messer thought was funny and then made inquiries about -Yes, His Lordship: I don't want to My Lord.
stop you, Mr. Jenkin, but really, Mr. Potter: He anid it was the are these in the nature of submis Then on December 22 you found end of the mouth and for that sions to be put before the jury or you had again made an error reason Mr. Messer had looked at are they not I don't think we shall Yes.
the voucher and was satisfied.
get any further this way And you stepped across to Mr. His Lordship: Would the jury. Mr. Potter May I ask, My Black'a desk and did not even show like to have him back and ask him Lord, whether the witness has had him the book --No.
if that is the cheque. it pat to him that he is a co-con- Witness agreed that if the num The foreman of, the jury replied spirator with Carvalho Teo I think bers had been altered by the bank in the affirmative, after which hie Your Lordship should leave it as a
specific issue to the jury
it would only have been necessary Lordshin said he might be asked to alter the three last numbers. If about cheque 01/120.
(Vontimita on next Volum).
not.