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with cheque books, his duties, his discovery that the q
cheques were missing, his discovery that cheques appeared
in the Pass Book which did not appear in his cheque
register and concluded with a denial the the cheques were
in his handwriting.
On the same day both Mr. Tsang On Wing and Mr.
Cheung Man Kun were charged with conspiracy to defraud
by means of uttering the three cheques. They denied all
knowledge of the matter.
When brought before the magistrate they were
remanded bail being refused.
On the 19th January, 1928, the bank wrote to the
Colonial Treasurer as under:-
"We shall be glad if you will confirm that
the balance standing to the credit of your
account with us at the close of business on the
18th instant amounted to $1,329,930.18".
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To this the Colonial reasurer replied on the
20th January:-
"In reply to your letter of the 19th instant,
I beg to state that according to Treasury records
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the balance standing to the credit of the
Colonial reasury account with your bank at the
close of business on the 18th instant amount
to $1,590,338.11.
The difference between this figure and that
quoted in your letter under reply appears to be
accounted for by the three cheques which now
form the subject of a Palice investigation."
The three cheques showed that they had been presented
at the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
through other banks. All bore the date of 30th December, 1927.