DUKE'S SON GAOLED.
Nine Months for Forging
Woman's Signature. ENDORSEMENT OF CHEQUE. (Received 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, September 27. Lord Edward Montagu, second son of the Duke of Manchester, was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment for forging Mrs. van der List's signature in the endorsement of a cheque while acting as her secretary. . Edward Eugene i'ernando Montagu (Lorl Edward Montagu), aged 29, independent, of Grosvenor Street, W., appeared on remand at West London Police Court oil August 20, and was again remanded, his sister, Lady Louise Montagu, on this occasion being surety, Mrs. van der List's sister having withdrawn her bail. The charges against Lord Edward were: Stealing a banker's cheque for £17 0/7, the property of Mrs. Violet van der Elst, of Addison Road, W.; forging an endorsement on a banker's cheque payable to Mrs. van der Elst by David Cope, Ltd., with intent to defraud; uttering, knowing it to be forged, a banker's cheque payable to Mrs. van der Elst by David Cope, Ltd., with intent to defraud; and with intent to defraud, receiving £13, by virtue of a certain forged cheque payable to Mrs. van der Elst by David Cope, Ltd., knowing it to be forged. At a previous hearing Mr. H. A. Proctor, M.P., for Lord Edward Montagu, 6tated that there was a perfectly good answer to the charges.
Mr. Henri Pierron, for the prosecution, said that he would call Mr. Gurrin, the handwriting expert, who would say that there was no possible doubtr that the endorsement on the cheque was a forgery, and that it had been done by means of tracing the genuine signature of the prosecutrix.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 230, 28 September 1935, Page 9
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272DUKE'S SON GAOLED. Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 230, 28 September 1935, Page 9
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