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The surrounding circumstances
generally, no doubt, do appear to point to the
six signatures having been forged, but it by no
means follows, as pointed out by the Hong Kong
Law Officers, that the Government would be able
to prove forgery to the satisfaction of Ch
Hong Kong jury.
The Report of Mr. Dovey, the
Government Analyst, is not forwarded, but the
gist of it may be gathered from r. Hazlerigg's
very clear and excellent report on the whole
subject. Mr. Dovey is not actually a hand-
writing expert and even if he were, though he
has given it as his opinion that the writing
in the bodies of the 3 cheques was forged
with the result that the 2 Chinese clerks under
accusation were discharged, he is evidently
not prepared to swear that the signatures of
Mr. Messer and Mr. Black on the three cheques
were forgeries.
Professor Shellshear, who appears to
be the only hand-writing expert in the Colony
has been retained by the Bank and would,
presumably, swear the contrary.
MI.