FORGED WITHDRAWAL SLIP
ACCUSED PLEADS GUILTY
(By Telegraph.—Press Association)
AUCKLAND, This Day
In the Police Court James Ross Morris was charged with obtaining money from the post office savings bank at Auckland by forging a withdrawal slip. Ho banked £9, and put in a withdrawal slip for £B, which was certified "not over £B." He then altered the figures to "80" and the words to "eighty." He said he did this with the connivance of a lady friend, to whom be said he gave £7O. Ho was attempting a similar trick at the Wellington post office savings bank when he was arrested by Detective Bayliss and charged with forgery at Auckland. He pleaded guilty and was committed for sentence.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 16 July 1928, Page 4
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