ALLEGED POSTAL ERROR.

Otago Witness, Issue 3768, 1 June 1926, Page 68

ALLEGED POSTAL ERROR.

EALMERSTO.N NORTH, May 26. How two cheques came into the posses sion of a young njan 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 stated that accused was engaged to a voung woman who had been in receipt of regular monetary allowances from a Martou 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 douibt they were intended for her as thev were addressed as usual to him, and he liad 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 committe4 for trial, bail being allowed in self £SO and one surety of £SO.

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