ALBERTI'S FRAUDS. THE MATTER REVIVED.
STATE ENQUIRY ASKED FOR. HOSTILITY TO THE LATE.PRE3/HER. By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. (Received October 6, 8.5 aim.) COPENHAGEN, sth October. A petition bearing 140,000 signatures has been presented to the King of Denmark, asking him to order the allegations against M. Alberti, , ex-Minister of Justice, to be investigated by a Sta te Court. The petitioners also deprecated the inclusion of M. Christensen, the exPremier, who resigned at the time of the Alberti frauds in October last, as Minister of Defence in the present Ministry. The King refused to grant the petitioners an interview, and deplored the suspicions raised against M. Christensen., M. Alberti, who was Danish Minister of Justice until July of last year, was arrested on a charge of forgery while director of the Zealand Peasants' Savings Bank on Bth September following. Allegations had been made against hrim for some " months previously of making use of his office for private ends, and hia defalcations were said to amount to nearly a million sterling. The firm of Wilier and Riley, which does a large business with New Zealand butter exporters, was involved in the ex-Minister's transactions, and lost heavily in consequence. M. Christensen resigned the office of Premier on 12th September.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 84, 6 October 1909, Page 7
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