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“BANK OF ENGLAND CASE’’ THREE FOREIGNERS CHARGED (Rec. noon) LONDON, March 1. Accused of having 1430 forged five-pound notes in their possession, Gumar Schjelderup, a Norwegian clerk, Ole Jacob Back, a Norwegian Air Force flying officer, and Pedro Gilot, a Polish tailor, were remanded in what the prosecuting counsel called the “Bank of England case.” Counsel alleged that the notes were made in Germany and that the Norwegians flew them to Britain, after buying them in Copenhagen. Police were waiting in Gilot’s London flat when the Norwegians Walked in. Back had 409 five-pound notes in his pocket and 1021 were found in a car which Sehjeuderup had been using.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 2 March 1946, Page 5
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