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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1924.

genzine signature 495 milimetres and the suspected 50 millimetres, The "Y" from top to botton mea

193 millimetres on the granite and 20 millimetrès on the other one.

YESTERDAY AFTERNOON'S❘sured]

DEVELOPMENT.

Mr. Jenkin: Practically identical? Mr. Dorey: Very close.

"There was something in the nature of a sensational develop- ment yesterday afternoon in the

in CASE

which

Mr. Jenkia: Are you commencing the Tai Wo firm, of Eastern to doubt whether the signatures Street, is suing the Bank of have been traged!

East Asia, for $72,565, which had Mr. Dovey: If one of the suspect- been drawn from the firm's aced signatures will superimpose 1 count by means of two cheques can have no doubt that it is * said to be forged.

forgery.

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Mr. Jenkin: Another way is com- parative measurement?

Witness: Yes, but it only deals

maming. In the

Mr. R. Dovey, Governmenit Analyst, had given evidence to prove that the signatures

the cheques were not forgeries with a few points.

on

but were the signatures of Lan Mr. Jenkin I'm going to give Se Yuen, manager of the Taiyou plenty more. Are you getting Wo firm In the afternoon, a bit doubtful i

wbentander cross-examination by

Mr. F. C. Jenkin. Mr. Dovey was made to admit that the signatures were forgeries:

Witness: It looks very suspicious. MaJenkin: We put much weight

on your opinion in this court and

Cross-examined, Mr. Dovey said be I'm obliged to you for your state- had put all his observations re-ment garding the signature and writing

In reply to further questions Mr.

before the jury. He had in no way Dever said what had been brought interfered with the writing himself cut was remarkable.

and each time they passed persia

Mr. Jenkin: It is a remarkable

ally between himself and the dething that it was entirely overlook- fendant bank's solicitors. He baded by an expert of some standing.

Have you not followed. Dr.

any doubt that the Han Gross's

signature on the application forma "Criminal Investigation" in his

is a forgery! I have more points investigations in his case.

Mr. Jenkin: Well you will now, you know!

MA Dovey: I don't think there with me.

is much doubt

Mr. Dovey further said he WAS familiar with the test of super- imposition, in the case of suspected tracing. He did bot use that of method in this case and wan

opinion these signatures had, not been traced

Mr. Jenkin: Well I'm going to show you that there is tracing. I ask you to accept it from me that within 15 minutes of the bundle of cheques coming into my hands last Wednesday I discovered myself stencilling on the genuine cheque.

When I show you with a micro scope you will see the tracing ran ning up and down the signature like. nullars...

Demonstration.

Mr. Jenkin here commenced series of interesting demonstrations. He showed. M. Dorey a signature

The Chief Justice: That applies to the application form.

Very Clever.

Mr. Jenkin: You may withdraw the whole of your evidence which was this morning directed towards proving that this signature was not a furgery?

Mr. Dovey: This is much stronger evidences it only goes to show the cleverness of the forgery.

He agreed that it was undoubtedly traced from a genuine signature and that his evidence in chief must be withdrawn

Mr. Jenkin: Having to admit that the photos can now be torn up. do you still hold the confirmed opinion that the signatures were written by the man Lan Seguen himself

Mr. Dorey: It certainly throws

a the last genuine cheque uzdervery great doubt apen it.

a class and asked what could..be

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Mr. Dorey: There has been a point passed over the whole. sign ture. That is, there is a groove over the whole writing.

Mr. Jenkis then demonstrated the same thing to his Lordship, the jury and counsel for the defendants

Mr. Jenkin: Can, one suspect tracing!

*

Mr. Dovey: Yes.

Mr. Jerkin, banding the jaize a paper. To you.see your signature

my Lord!

His Lordship: Yes.

Mr. Jenkin: Well it's not your I wrote it (Laughter)

His Lordship: If you're not careful. Mr. Jenkin, we shall begin to think that you are responsible

Mr. Jenkia: put it to you that this writing is that of a man of much greater vigour and a more youthful man than the man who wrote the genuise onea?

t

Mr. Dovey: I consider that they Ar written more carefully. The angles are more curved Mr. Jenkin: Exactly. Mr. Dover added that this was nat sa in the body of the cheques.

Mr. Jenkin:

I shall Quite so.. hury that body I expect. The witness said be could not admit that the writing on the suspected cheques was left to dry when written and that on the zenuine one it had been blotted.

Mr. Jenkin You are an expert son know. Do you mean to say you can't tell us whether ans of

for these tracings! (Laughter) these have been blotted or allowed

Mr. Jenkin, in reply to an observato dry tion by Mr. Potter-I shall forge

one for 920,000 on your account!

Mr. Potter: It wouldn't be a bit

Mr. Dovey: It is quite possibla

were

that

ones the suspected allowed to dry. He added that no

of use to for Mr. Jenkin" (Laughter), reason for this suggested itself to

Further cross-examined, Mr. Dover him. agreed that comparative measure- ment would demonstrate that a suspected signature had been traced from a genuine one.

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Mr. Dovey: Quite. But I could] were written by another hand, the Dovey and Mr. Potter asked Mr. Jenkin: Do you know what write a forged signature with pale true forger.

for permission for the cheques in Hann Gross says about pale places! | places.

Mr. Jenkie: You have no doubt question to be taken away by him before hs re -No.

Mr. Jenkin: Yes, so could L in your mind that through the for examination Forgery.

Mr. Jenkin You agree that in

воще forger examined. Mr. Dovey in reply to farther instrumentality of

His Lordship called all counsel Thereupon Mr. Jenkin requested genuine signatures there are pale

this man Lau Se-yuen and the Bank

into chambers and after a short questions admitted that be

Fiaverbeen· délranded I

consultation adjourned the court till this morning

ments of Lau Se-yuen's signature. are not Yes ·

S. NAKAO Mr. Jovey to measure the enlarge-places and that in forgeries there Mr. Dovey, made theasurements on 31r. Jenkin: 1 pat it to you that a genuine one and on a suspected there are pale places in all the one. He found the length of the genuine signatures in this case.

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enter- two

tained doubts about the cheques, not that they were written

by the same man as the genuine

Mr. Dovey: No.

Mr. Jenkin bere intimated that ones, but in the sense that they he would not farther cross-examine

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