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VOLUNTEER FUNDS.

CLERK CHARGED WITH' MISAPPROPRIATION..

The case against So King-man, a Government clerk, charged with misappropriation of Volunteer Corps funds, was opened before Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the Con. tral Magistracy yesterday after

noon.

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THURSDAY," SEPTEMBER 19, 1929.

atituted by the forged signaturės or endorsements on the back of the cheques and by the applica tion of forged chops." He ex plained that beyond these, there was nothing wrong with the body of the cheques or with the signa- tures at the foot:

A fourth firm was also involved in the matter of the cheques, but Mr. Murphy indicated that its ex- cluston from the charges would not seriously effect the case. Ho There are five counts in the in- would, however, call witnesses dictment, these being the misap from this firm to give evidence in-. propriation of Bums totalling sofar as such evidence would tend $345.75 by means of forged to prove a system adopted in con- cheques, the embezzlement of an-nexion with the defalcations. other item of $21.86, uttering a |·

Pharmacy Paid Twice. forged receipt, and the possession

Regarding the last charge of of a forged die.

Mr. F. H. Loseby represented the embezzlement of a single item of defendant in place of Mr. M. K.21 odd, Mr. Murphy said that ap Lo, who had appeared in previous parently last year certain bills due to the Pharmacy were paid proceedings,"

twice, but that later a letter was sent by that firm to Volunteer Headquarters pointing out the mistake and inviting the Depart ment to collect the refund. This was. August 14. A short time before his arreat the accused was alleged to have gone round to the Pharmacy, collected the refund, but failed to turn it over to the Department.

In outlining the case, Mr. T. Murphy, A.S.P., said the accused was employed at Volunteer Head quarters as a clork. Amongst his duties were that of preparation of accounts and of filling up, the bodies of cheques, the Depart ment making it a custom of lasu ing cheques in payment of bills exceeding $10. ·

not

It appears that sometime early this year, cheques enumerated in

Information subsequently re- the charges, which were issued to ceived by the police led to a care. three different Chinese firms, got ful scrutiny of the vouchers and into the possession of the accused receipted bills retained on these

Government accounts nt by some means which was

the very clear but which he (Mr. Colonial Treasury. Armed with Murphy) would prefer to leave to

these, the police went to two of the Major Wolfe-Murray, the Adjut three firms concerned, and were ant of the Volunteer Corps, to ex-informed that these firms had not plain when it came to his turn to been paid, while the cheques with their alleged endorsements were give evidence in the case.

at the same time repudiated. The frauds were made, possible by the fact that, these firms were in nu

Forged Chops.

The cheques appear then to have been cashed by some person other than the representatives of those firms, and it was the case for the Crown that the accused himself forged the endorsements and chops of these firms on the back of the cheques and thus obtained payment from the Bank. "For- gery as defined by the law," ob- served Mr. Murphy, "is also con-

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hurry for payment, and did not, press for it, excopt in the case of the Wing Shun Steam Launch Company, which sent in a letter on August 28,

Tried to Escape.

The next call by the police was made at Volunteer Headquarters, where the accused was found stul in his office, with the Adjutant of the Corps, Major Wolfe-Murray, present.

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The accused was called outside by one of the police officers, whilst another officer went in to see the Adjutant. The accused took advantage of the opportunity and made an attempt to get away, but was captured after a short chase culminating at a spot outside the Cathedral. He was then escorted to his home at No. 1, Kwong Ning Street, Wanchai, and there the police found rubber stamps and chops bearing the names of the firms in question. Another stamp of the Wing bearing the name Shun firm was also found in his office at Volunteer Headquarters.

Evidence was then called, and Mr. B. F. Massey, an assistant of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, gave formal testimony as to the receipt of cheques forming the subject matter of the charges,

Representatives of the Wing: Shun Steam Launch Company, the Kwong Hing, ship's chandlers, and the Wing Yick firm of contractors were next called, and they declar- ed that the signatures, endorse ments and chops on the backs of the cheques were not theirs,

The case was adjourned until this afternoon.

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