CURIOUS LAW POINT
CYPHER MESSAGE BUNGLED. Press Asroolation—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, March 17. (Received March 17, at 10.5 p.m.) A curious point of law has arisen on the King’s Bench. The Attorney-general sued Colonel Borissov fot £5900, paid by mistake in July, 1919, in consequence of the British Consul at Murmansk having telegraphed in cypher to the Foreign Office telling them to credit Colonel Borissov with 4000 When the telegram was received it read 400,000 roubles 40 roubles then being worth £l. Colonel Borissov repaid the Government £4OOO, but said he could not give the rest immediately, as he had invested £5900 in business. Colonel Borissov gave evidence that he was employed at Vickers, and had telegraphed to his relatives in Russia to send as much money as possible. The judge decided that Colonel Borissov must have known there had been a mistake, and -judgment was given for the Attorneygeneral for £5900.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18197, 18 March 1921, Page 5
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