ARRESTED FOR FORGERY.
CHEQUES TOTALLING £3OOO. MASTERTON, December 22. Leonard Walter Makin, who was arrested for forgery, has been remanded to Wellington on December 29. Accused opened an account at Palmerston North with £24, with instructions that it was to be operated on at Carterton. He visited Carterton this morning and drew a cheque for £2O, which Was honoured. He t hen presented a cheque for £660, drawn on the Discharged Soldiers’ Settlement Loan Account, but it was refused, as the manager had been warned. Makin asked for an advance of £2OO to buy a car, but it, too, was refused, so he left the bank. The manager followed him to the railway station, where both boarded the express. On arrival at Masterton the manager pointed Makin out to a constable, who arrested him. It is believed that accused had issued five cheques totalling £3OOO.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3590, 2 January 1923, Page 59
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