FORGED CHEQUES.
, : —♦* —— ■ f ALLEGED OFFENDER MAKES • SECOND ATTEMPT. VSEIZED BY BANK CLERK. (Press ABSooiatlon.J , K '. . DUNEDIN, April 19. - 'A: few days ago a well-dressed young-man '.successfully cashed at the Biiiik of , New Zealand a cheque forged in the name of. a leading citizen of Wards -ji’as; discovered hy. the . office : staffv‘: which became alert to_ prevent of tile act: Tjblis morn-. big., the, offender called hack at the ljSihk '’OSahi. and presented"'a cheque 'forged id ; the name of another _ wellkpdwn -icitizen,the amount being a 'sjlhstaUtia-1 one. 'Evidently he he■cauto aware of the fact that-he was ipeipg regarded with suspicion hy the haxik" officials, for he made an effort to escape. However-, he was mnnkly . seized hu a cl'ei'k who succeeded in hplfling him. until the arrival of Detectives Jervev and Taylor, who took' him into custody. ,(tfje will appear in the Police Court Chmorrow morning.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 10566, 20 April 1928, Page 5
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145FORGED CHEQUES. Gisborne Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 10566, 20 April 1928, Page 5
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