STRANGE FORGERY CHARGE.
PRIVATE ACCOUNT. NEVER RECEIVED BENEFIT. ; SYDNE\x.karch 17v '■The" trial of EarK Hermann on .three ■eountK, involving forging and uttering ipromieeory- notes to the amount of !£13;791, continued 'to-day. - lie ■proeeeuiion. tihat defendoat conducted a company ftjr managing investjnenfe. In April, 1914, it is claimed, gfaiiuaninr -_dJectrnpfed ■p.rpTmßßOry notes -WsUlroffrttie manager of jEtentßT% banking department, pirrsigned by one TtriggE, a well-knoirai grazier, but "which were forgeries. . "7The a.cooOirt3a£t who*examined the accounts eaid be found that none of the proceeds of ihe three bills said to have been forged. <weni into Hermann's private aecoßmt. " AH had been paid into the haiSTTUPBS of Barle. Hermann, Limited. During 1313-14, Hermann drew £1649, •*hough he was entitred- to a salary of I £2000 per annum*, plu* e"xpeim?es. which •would" be appfo-simately £0,000, instead »f £1649. At -the time of the smash in August, the books showed that thf balance of £ 17.000 to Hermann's credit : 4iad not been drawn. The case for the defence has dosed.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 66, 18 March 1915, Page 6
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163STRANGE FORGERY CHARGE. Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 66, 18 March 1915, Page 6
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