A Check On Cheques

NZ Truth, Issue 1148, 1 December 1927, Page 8

A Check On Cheques

Is it not a fact that you were doing a lot of "trading" by the issue of valueless checjues?—! was getting a lot. of assistance from, my brother. But you often issued, the cheques when you knew there was no money m the bank to meet them? ■i— Yes, but I thought I would be able to meet them. How could you expect to meet them when you Were earning only just over £ 160 per year ? — I got assistance from my brother, and was always paying m to the bank. Well, you were a bit of aft optimist. Lawyer M. R. Grant: You got £6 14s. from Mr. Carr for the purchase of certain goads?— Yea. «.' Were the goods ever delivered to Mr, C^rr,?, — No, He tola me that H I j did* certain work it woulfl ho all right. He told you that, did he? Didn't Mr, Carr come to see you m Hastings and you took him to the post office to prove that the goods had been sent?— No, to prove that they were to be sent. Well, Mr. Carr says that you told him they, were sent.— lf he ; .says "so, I won't contradict it. At any rate, the £6/14/- went into your pocket?— Yes, that is s,o# You had the work of making up Mr. Carr's income tax returns, didn't you? — Test Do yoU: know that Mr. Carr is to be prosecuted for not sending m these returns?— Yes. I have omitted to [send them m during the last two years. I You issued a lot of cheques when you knew you had no money to meet them? — Yes, but I have a position to go to, and if I get a chance I will be able to make a good offer to all my creditors m about three months. ■ i J. Harvey; When you asked us to cash a cheque' for £5 for you, you knew, that you could not meet it, didn't you? — I paid m £5 three days later. That was no use to meet the cheques you were issuing indiscriminately all over the country? — I wasn't issuing them indiscriminately. What did you do with the £5 you got from us? — I don't know. Paid accounts, I suppose. You di.d,n't spend it m the hotel? 1. t— No r I don't drink very much.

Well, you went straight to the hotel from our place with the cash you got?-^-lf you say I did I won't contradict it. Well, you did. You were seen going there, and you were seen m the bar. Lawyer Grant: Isn't it a fact that m your previous bankruptcy you had a ha.bit of issuing valueless cheques?—Not very many. / . On the understanding that he had a permanent job to go to, and would be m employment by December 1, the creditors present agreed to adjourn the meeting for three months, so as to give him a chance to make an offer, before the matter was taken any further.