ALLEGED POSTAL ERROR.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19800, 27 May 1926, Page 10

ALLEGED POSTAL ERROR.

LEADS TO PROSECUTION. (Per United Pbess Association.) PALMERSTON NORTH, May 26. How two cheques came into the possession of a young man who bore the same name as the intended recipient, and who endorsed and cashed them in the belief they were intended for him was related at the Police Court to-day when he pleaded not guilty to two charges of forgery. In the course of the evidence it was staled that accused was engaged to' a young woman who had been in receipt of regular monetary allowances from a Marton resident. That man had provided her with a cheque book and when she wanted money she filled in the amount and sent the cheque to him for signature. When she wrote to her protector asking for money the code word was "parcel.” Accused was fully aware of this arrangement. Accused in his evidence said he showed the cheques to his fiancee. He had no doubt they were intended for her as they were addressed as usual to him, and he nad written to the other man thanking him for the ‘‘parcel,” The latter regarded it as a joke and did not trouble to reply that no “parcels” had been sent. Accused was committed for trial, bail being allowed in self £SO and one surety of £SO.