GEORGE GREY CHARGED

Taranaki Daily News, 22 December 1931, Page 15

GEORGE GREY CHARGED

• THEFTS OF £4OOO ALLEGED BANKRUPT SOLICITOR IN COURT. ®WENTY-IPOUR (WITNESSES (HEARD. Nine charges of theft involving £4163 IJto.’Sd. were brought against George Grey, a bankrupt, and formerly a solicitor, in the Police Court at New Plymouth yesterday. After evidence had been taken from 24 ‘witnesses and 58 ♦xhiblU had been put in, the preliminary hearing waa .adjourned until 2.15 p.m. te-day. Bail was renewed. • ; The case. iwill/be? concluded, .this’- afternoon with evidence .from three witnesses, including that «f- ac-. eountant and the. detective, . v Messrs. OR,- W. D. Robertson and A. E. Washer, Justices of the (Peace, were on the 'bench yesterday.. The Crown Proseeutor conducted case<fof the police, and Grey was represented by, counsel. , Th* charge* were*' 1. About March 24, 1921, at New Plymouth, theft Of £BOO, which he. had received' from- • Otto Herman Knofflock with a direction to apply, it to a second mortgage on the security of a farm property belonging to Frederick. Joseph'Greenway, Barrett Road, Omata, in violation of good faith and; contrary .to such direction ,fraudulently applied the money to another purpose.. 2. About December 6, 1926, at New. Plymouth, theft of £750 belonging to O. H. Knofflock. 8. About September A, 1927, at New Plymouth, theft of £7OO be- . longing to 0. H. Knofflock. 4. About March 3, 1030, at New Plymouth, theft of £3OO belonging to .. ■ O. H. Knofflock. - • 8. About December 17, 1926, at New .Plymouth, theft of £3OO belonging to Mary Jand Quinn. «, About June 30, 1930, at New Plymouth, theft of £BOO belonging to the trustees of the estate of the late George Henry Herbert. ■ 7. About July 1, 1930, at New Plymouth, theft of £332 8s 5d belonging to the Herbert trustees. 8. About October 8, 1930, at New Plymouth, theft of £l5O. belonging to'the Herbert trustees. 9. About October 11, 1930, at New Plymouth, theft of £3l 3s 9d belonging to the Herbert trustees. • O. H- Knofflock, retired farmer, Westown, said that in 1920 he sold a farm at Opunake to John Sinclair, who still owned it. Witness came to New Plymouth to live in 1920; since then Grey had a«ted as bis solicitor. He told Grey of the farm sale. He bought the property at Weetown about that time, Grey acting for him. All papers and documents relating to.his. property were left at Grey’s office. He had taken a mortgage from Sinclair for part of the purchase price of the farm. THE-FIRST TRANSACTION. The first transaction regarding, the investment of money in which Grey acted for him involved £BOO, in March, 1921. Grey told him that £lOOO was wanted on a second mortgage at Barrett Road, the holder of the second mortgage being a bank official who had been transferred- 7 to the South Island and therefore wanted his money; the owner of the property, said Grey, was F. J. Greenway. Grey said there were two houses on the property, on which there was a small Government advances mortgage, which was paying itself off. Witness aajd. he. had only got £BOO to invest. Grey said he would put in £2OO of Mrs. Grey’s to make up the £lOOO. Qn March 0, 1921, witness gave Grey A cheque for £BOO and' received a receipt showing that the money was “for investment in. re F. J. Greenway.” The mortgage was to be for two years at 7 per cent. Witness regularly received the interest from Grey. He trusted to Grey and did not inspect the property; he knew where it was and was satisfied with Grey’s description. At . the expiration of two years he asked Grey about the mortgage. Grey said, “You do not want the the mortgage run on.” Witness was content with this. From that time he received interest regularly until about 18 months ago. He had not received payment of the £BOO, or any part of it. He knew now that the money was not advanced to Greenway, a fact discovered after Grey and his son had dissolved partnership. Witness did not know J. C Davidson and had not heard of him 'till just recently. He had given Grey no authorityto advance the money to Davidson, nor to borrow it and use it himself. 1 Regarding the charge relating to £7oo witness said that early in December, 1921, Grey and another man visited him at his house. They wanted to borrow £BOO on. first mortgage for Momona, a Rahotu native. Witness was not keen on lending the money, but Grey pointed out it was a freehold property and that it would be .just like lending to a European. The terms were five years at 8 per cent. They left him without his coming to a decision. ..On December 6, 1921, he-received a letter from Grey, and another two days later. He then decided to lend £750 to Momona. On December 9, 1921, he gave Grey, in his office, a cheque for £750. Subsequently he received interest at regular periods from Grey. KNOFFLOCK BECOMES ANXIOUS. About two years later, becoming i anxious about Momona’s security, he I visited Grey. He had seen in a paper something about mortgages to natives not “holding good,” so he asked Grey’s advice. Grey said it was “quite all right,” The mortgage was ‘‘just as good as a European’s.” Grey gave him a memorandum saying he would guarantee any investment executed on his befcalf. About December, 1926. Grey told him ffmwntia proposed repaying the mort-

gage in three months. Witness had never Been the mortgage to Momona and had never signed a release or anything, as Grey was doing his business. Grey told him the money had been repaid by Momona. Witness asked him to reinvest it. Subsequently, -within six months, Grey said he had done so. While he was in Grey’s office Grey pointed to the Opera House. “You see that theatre,” he said, “your money is invested there on a second mortgage for a short period at 7 per cent.” Grey described it as “a little gold mine.” At that time witness did not know Grey owned a building next to the Opera House. He knew now there was an unregistered second mortgage from Grey over Grey’s property next the Opera House. He first found that out after the dissolution, of the Grey partnership* He had never agreed to lend Grey the £750 privately. A private loan to him had never been discussed. Interest was paid by Grey regularly till about 18 months ago* - ' ‘ ' . • When he sold his farm he took a first mortgage from Sinclair for £3570 for seven years. About September, 1927, G-rey said Sinclair had paid £7OO off the principal,, the mortgage was renewed. He told Grey to reinvest the £7OO on the freehold of a farm, or>. something of-that kind-.- Grey said'it was hard to place it on a farm, and he suggested placing it on a house property in town. . Grey introduced him to Martini, who drove him to several places, the first in Courtenay Street and. belonging to Martini, who wanted to borrow £6OO on it. Witness declined to lend the money on that place, as he thought “it was too high.” The next place was in Bulkeley Terrace, near Kawaroa Park —a section- with a wooden house built on a bank next a new rough-cast house. Again witness declined to lend the money. Later Grey told him-he had invested the money in the new and old houses at Bulkeley Terrace. Witness thought it was quite a good investment on the two houses. He received interest regularly till about 18 months ago. 1 GREY “NOT AUTHORISED.” He had not authorised Grey to disperse that, money in any other way. He did not authorise any part of it to be paid in connection with a matter relating to Sladden and Qakes, or P. S. Carroll regarding a share transaction, or regarding a transaction concerning F. M. Mills. He had never heard anything about these transactions. About February or March, 1930, Grey said Sinclair had paid off another £3OO. He asked Grey to'reinvest if he could find a suitable property. Within six months Grey said he had invested in a Vogeltown property of nine acres and a house. The mortgage, was said to be 1 “on demand.” Grey did not say who the owner, was. Grey had not been authorised to borrow this money himself. In January, 1931, witness saw Grey, at his office" because the interest pay-, ments were overdue, some by 12 months. He did not ask Grey for a statement. Grey gave him a statement? He again saw Grey and asked him for the money.. Grey said he had invested it for three, months with Mrs. Dunean at 10 per cent.. Witness was satisfied. He had not received £BOO, £750, £700,: or £3OO, or any part of them. | John Sinclair, farmer, Ihaia Road,. Opunake, said that he purchased his, I farm from Knofflock in 1921, part of. I the money being paid in cash and £3570 being on first mortgage. On September 16, 1927, he paid Grey two cheques for: £3OO drawn on the Bank of New Zealand, Opunake, and a post office saving bank cheque for £472. He was given a receipt for £771 17s 6d; this represented £7OO of principal repaid, the balance being interest. He could not remember whether Grey was present, at the payment. On February 19, 1930, he paid Grey £345 by a Post Office Savings Bank cheque, and was given a receipt bearing the same date; £3OO of this was in reduction of. the principal and the balance interest. Frederick Joseph Greenway, farmer, Barrett Road, said in July, 1919, he bought 48 acres from Mrs. Mace. The sale was sub ject to. a State Advances mortgage, and he gave a second mortgage to Mrs. Mace. These two mortgages remained on the property until September 20, 1924, when he repaid them from a loan from the New Plymouth Savings Bank. Grey acted for Mrs. Mace. Some of the interest was paid to Grey’s office and some to Weston and Billing. In July, 1920, he bought an adjoining farm; he gave a first mortgage to Hosie, Waitara, arranged by Roy, Nicholson and Bennett, and a second mortgage was given to Sorenson and Son, from whom he purchased. In 1924 the mortgages to Hosie and Sorenson were paid off with the Savings Bank loan. HAD NOT BORROWED. / He had never borrowed money from Knofflock. He knew Knofflock, but his name had never been mentioned to witness in connection with any of these transactions. Ho had never authorised G. Grey to raise £BOO on witness’ Barrett Road property. Phillip Grey had arranged for him the Savings Bank loan. Roy, Nicholson and Bennett acted for him till 1923, after which Grey and Grey acted for him, Phillip Grey attending to his business. Reginald Gordon Howell, solicitor, said that on October 4, 1919, A. R. Standish took a first mortgage from Momona Tamihana for £l6O and further advances; the mortgage was stamped to cover advances up to £3OO. Standish and Anderson were acting for Momona. On April 9, 1921, Momona obtained a further advance of about £2OO and executed collateral mortgages over land and chattels. About November 21, 1921, witness firm received a letter from Grey. Next day he informed Grey that £424 9s 6d was owing by Momona, and on December 93 1021, he received from Grey a cheque in’ navment of Momona’s indebtedness to Standish. On February 23, 1923, Momona executed a first mortgage to Grey to secure £BOO and further advances; that transaction did not go through witness’ office. In November or December, 1926, Momona camo to witness’ office regarding repayment of bis debt to Grey. t was ascertained from Grey that at that time Momona owed him £1024 9s Id. Momona could pay only £BOO, and several interviews were had with Grey to trv to come to an arrangement. Eventually it was arranged that Grey should take £BOO and a second mortgage over certain other properties. On December 6, 1926, witness paid his firm’s cheque

for £BOO to Grey and Grey. Witness paid the cheque to G. Grey at his office and uplifted the discharge of the mortgage and the titles. Grey then prepared a second mortgage, executed by Momona and registered on April 7, 1927. Grey s first mortgage from Momona was discharged on the same date. Henry Ludovic Martini, radio dealer, New Plymouth, said that about the end of July or early in August, 1927, he bought a property in Bulkeley Terrace. It had a wooden house on it and belonged to Jensen. There was a first mortgage to Farmer for £9OO and a second mortgage to Standish and Anderson (he thought); he had acquired the place through the second mortgagee exercising his right of sale. Grey acted for him. He was then carrying on business as a builder and contractor under the name of the West Coast Timber and Coal Company. Witness moved the wooden house to one side of the section and put up a new asbestos house on the other side. The new house he sold .to Richard Fleming for cash. He arranged later with Farmer to leave £7OO on first mortgage on the section with the wooden house. At that, time Grey held a collateral mortgage over certain properties of witness; Grey took a second .moi tgage over the wooden house and section. About this time witness completed a, house in Courtenay Street and was looking for a first mortgage on it. He showed Knofflock the place, but Knofflock was not willing to lend sufficient money on it. Witness, personally, had pot asked Knofflock to lend any money on either of the Bulkeley Terrace properties. Witness took Grey to see Knofflock, who was interviewed by Grey; witness did not hear the conversation. He did not think he had asked Grey to try to raise money on the Bulkeley Terrace property from Knofflock, as there was already a mortgage' on it. Witness did not remember whether lie had made the Arrangement with 1* armor about his 111011gage. Witness did a good deal of business with Grey, who made him advances at various times. Witness might have given Grey a bill of sale over some machinery; about £2OO would be owing under this bill. Witness did not give a mortgage over either of the Bulkeley 'Terrace sections to Knofflock. ■Harry John Farmer, indent agent, New Plymouth, said ho held a first niortgage for £9OO on the house and section' in Bulkeley Terrace, the property belonging to C. N. Jensen. In November or December, 1927, the property was sold to Martini. Witness left £750 on the wooden house and section. Richard Fleming, farmer, said lie lived in Bulkeley Terrace' in a house bought, for cash from Martini. John Cole, farmer, Motunui, said that in May, 1930, on belialt of his son, 1. R. Cole, he bought a farm belonging to the Herbert estate. The transaction vyas arrange,d tlirpugh a land agent named Di - bell,, who advised him to do the business through Grey and Grey, G. Grey being solicitor to the estate. On May 3, 1930, he paid Grey a cheque for £lOO. . He was given a receipt. On July 1 he again saw Grey and paid, him a cheque for £237 10s Bd, being the balance of the cash payment owing on the purchase. A receipt was given for this also. ACOUNTANT’S TESTIMONY. Henry George McDonald, accountant, said that 011 August 3, 1928, the New Plymouth Finance Company received an application from Grey for a loan on the. security of his. Devon Street property occupied by Claringbold. The letter said, the property was subject only to. a first mortgage of £2200 to the borough sinking fund commissioners. There was no reference to a mortgage to Knofflock. The'' company agreed to lend £BOO and. on August 11 instructed its solicitors to prepare the mortgage. On August 22 the company paid tlie £BOO. Albert G. Anderson, solicitor, gave details of. .the preparation, and execution of the Finance Company’s mortgage to Grey. Angus David Logan McLean, employed by the legal firm now acting, for Knolllock, gave evidence that he had been handed an unregistered second mortgage in duplicate from Grey to Knofflock over a Devon Street property, dated January. 14, 1927. On one copy was a note in pencil—“G. Grey. Instructions not to register. 14/1/27.” Among other papers handed him was a registered mortgage from Grey to Knofflock securing £3OO and further advances over a one-third interest of Grey in certain property. The niortgage was dated June 8, 1913, was stamped on June 11 and registered on June 19. The firm’s form was used. Edward William Garner, public accountant, secretary of the North Taranaki Co-operative Dairy Company, said that in September, 1930, the company bought some shares from the Herbert estate and about September 15, 1930, witness drew a cheque for £l7B on the Bank of New Zealand, Waitara, in payment for the shares. .This cheque was paid on October 7, 1930. He produced a receipt, dated September 15, 1930, from Grey and Grey. Ernest Keith Roberts, accountant of the Farmers’ Co-operative Organisation Society at New Plymouth, produced, a dividend warrant dated June 14,. 1928, for 6s, payable to Grey and Grey in respect to the shares held by the G. H. Herbert estate. On June 19, 1930, his firm held a stock clearance sale for the Herbert estate. The proceeds (£794 17s 9d) were paid to Grey and Grey by a cheque dated June 30, 1930, and a receipt was given. On June 30, 1930, his firm sold a cow on behalf of the estate and on July 8 the proceeds ( £2 17s 9d) were Said by cheque payable to Grey and rey, who gave a receipt. TRANSACTIONS IN LAND. : John Wilfred Herbert, farmer, Urenui, said his father (G. H. Herbert) died on June 3, 1925, when he owned a farm on Onaero Road, near Urenui. By the will witness and his brother-in-law- (Whitehead) were appointed trustees. Grey had acted as his father’s solicitor for some years, and his firm continued to act for the estate till the end of July last. Witness and Whitehead were accustomed to consult George Grey about estate affairs. Grey and Grey as a firm was entitled to receive money and make payments for the estate. In May, 1930, witness and Whitehead sold the Onaero farm to Cole and shortly afterwards the Farmers’ Co-operative Society held a clearing sale, the proceeds (£794 17s 9d) and those from the sale of a cow being paid to Grey and Grey. Some shares in the. North Taranaki Dairy Company (£178) were sold, too, and the proceeds

given to Grey and Grey. The total proceeds received by them for the estate were £1313 12s 2d, out of which they were authorised to make certain payments.

The estate next bought a . farm at Brixton, subject to.a mortgage, of £lOO9. The sum of £lOO was paid off, leaving owing £9OO. G. Grey acted for the estate in this transaction.. . It was witness’ intention to pay off the £9OO and he informed Grey. There should have been to the credit of the estate with Grey and Grey over £5OOO and he arranged to borrow £4OO from his mother. Whitehead, Mrs. Herbert and witness called on Grey and discussed the whole matter. His mother expected to receive some money from her father’s estate and the £4OO was to come out , of this. Ou several different occasions he discussed with Grey the money held on behalf of the estate. The question of investing it was spoken of, but that was as far . as it got. No definite proposals for investment were mentioned by Grey. Grey never asked that the money should be lent -to him personally, and witness never agreed to do so. He remembered interviewing Grey this year, there being present Whitehead, Mrs. Herbert (his mother) and himselfThey called at Grey’s house, where he was' ill. At tiiat time witness had not received a statement of the moneys in the esta'f. He thought this was the time when his mother had received tne money she was expect'iig. Grey promised a statement and he sent jne to his mothei- two days later. At the interview there was a discussion about the money Grey had received from the estate, but exact figures were not available. 1' or that reason and because his mother wanted one, Grey promised to send, a statement Subsequently witness was shown the statement by his mother. COULD NOT FIND GREY. A little later his mother, Whitehead and he called on Grey and paid the £4OO to make up the balance of £9OO owing on the mortgage. Grey thought he might have to give three months notice. A short time afterwards he received a letter from Grey, dated. May 1, 1931, and saying that three months’ notice had been given th? mortgagee and that the moneys paid in by Mrs. Herbert were being deposited at the New Plymouth Savings Bank. He heard no more from Grey after that. When the three months’ period was up they come to New Plymouth to see Grey, but could not find him. As they could get no information they saw another solicitor. He had never authorised Grey to transfer any of the estate money to his own account. Whitehead was with him on ehcli occasioii he saw Grey. He had not spoken to Grey since Mrs. Herbert paid him the £4OO. Similar evidence was given by Richard Gordon Whitehead, farmer, Urenui (cotrustee with J. W. Herbert in the estate) and by Mrs. Jessie May Herbert. On July 2, 1930, said John William Knapman, his firm of Weston and Bi.ling received a cheque for £459 113 *J>I from Grey and Grey. This was by way of repayment of an outstanding deed of mortgage on the property of Mrs. Ellen Grey. ' The mortgage was held by the New Plymouth Savings Bank, and. discharge, was completed and registered. Mrs. Marv Jane Quinn, >idow, Auckland,' said that in 1921 she advanced £3OO on mortgage to Medway, G. Grey acting in the matter for her. He had been her solicitor till July last. About November, 1926, Grey informed her by letter that Medway was going to pay off the mortgage; he sent her the mortgage release for her to sign. She instructed Grey to reinvest the money on first mortgage. She heard, nothing further for a time. Then she wrote asking if the money had been paid and what he had done with it. Receiving no reply, she forwarded an urgent telegram on March 14, 1927. In reply to that she received a telegram from Grey saying the money was invested, but if she would like it recalled he might be able to arrange it. She wrote saying if it was invested to leave it. On June 20. 1927, a letter informed her that £3OO was invested on a house 'and property. This was money received from Medway. She thought that before receiving the letter slie had. written asking what the security for the investment of the £3OO. was. About February 3, 1928, she received a letter enclosing interest on the £300; this was the only money of hers Grey at that time had for investment. Witness produced . a statement from Grey showing £3OO invested with A. Jordan; this statement was in response to a request made by her to Grey in his office. At that interview she asked Grey where the property was on which the £3OO was invested. Grey said the house and section it was on were in New Plymouth, that it “was quite safe, a gilt-edged security, and that the person’s name was Jordan. INTEREST SOMETIMES LATE. About February 20, 1930, she received a letter from Grey enclosing , a cheque for interest. She received interest from Grey until December, 1930; sometimes it was late in coming and she would have to write for it. Until the last payment the cheques sent her were on Grey and Grey’s trust account; the last payment she received was due in December, 1930, but was not paid till March, 1931, when Grey sent her a cheque on his private account for the interest, together with a letter, dated March 10, 1931. She had got her son-in-law (Owen Casey) to telephone Grey as she had been unable to get a -reply to letters on several occasions. She sent a receipt. On August 26, 1931, she attended the meeting of Grey’s creditors in New Plymouth. Until then she thought her £3OO was- invested on Jordan’s house. ■After the meeting she went to Grey’s house and told him she had been to hia office, but? Phillip Grey had told her there was no mortgage from Jordan there. She asked G. Grey to say where her money was and what he had done with it, At first he hung his head and would not speak. She said P. Grey had said he knew nothing about it. *.I. cant believe that,” she said. G. Grey then told her he had put the money in bis own account and used it, and that P. Grey knew nothing about it. Was there any chance of her getting her money out of the solicitors’ guaraiir tee fund? she asked Grey. He said he could not say from memory. He had no intention 'of doing her out of her money st the time: he had intended to sell some property, but had been caught in the slump. That was ill that took

place. Grey at no time had authority to use. her money. Francis T. Davis, accountant to a legal firm in New Plymouth, said, that on'December 17, 1926, his firm, Roy Nicholson and Bennett, paid a cheque for £3OB 10s 8d to Grey and Grey, this being in repayment of a niortgage from Aaron Medway, Tukapa Street, Westown, to Mrs. M. J. Quinn. The property was thus released from the mortgage. FINANCE FIRMS ADVANCES. Charles AVebster, public accountant, secretary of the Taranaki Land, Building and Investment Society, stated that in January, 1927, his society advanced £3OO to Mrs. Ann Jordan. The application was signed by George Grey and the cheque was paid to Grey and Grey. About the beginning of July, 1930, the societv received an application on behalf of Mrs. Ellen Grey for an advance of £660 on a house and section at Vogeltown; the application was signed by G. Grey. The advance was approved and by cheque dated July 25, 1930, pqynient was made to Grey and Grey on behalf of Mrs. Ellen Grey - Mrs. Ann Jordan, Leach Street, New Plymouth, said that about 12-years ago she sold a pre'perty in Gill Street and about the same time bought a place in Leach Street, paying £352. Grey was her solicitor in these transactions. After making her purchase there was a balance of £350 in. Grey’s hands to her credit. Grey said he would tend it for her. She believed he did so, but she could not remember being shown the security. In 1926 she built a new house on the Leach Street section. As she needed the money she asked for her money from. Grey and eventually received it all in . payments spread as she wanted if. Still needing some money for the house, she saw .Grey, who advised her to apply to the building society for £3OO. This was the only mortgage on the property. She had never borrowed money from Mrs. Quinn,; whose mime had never been mentioned to her in connection with business matters. Eric L. Brokenshire, law clerk, previously employed by Grey and Grey, said he started working for George Grey in March, 1923. On Grey’s instructions he drew the unregistered mortgage, dated January 14. 1927, from Grey to Knofflock. At that time there was only a first mortgage on the property concerned, £2200 to the. borough sinking fund commissioners. The pencil note on the back of one of the copies—“G. Grey. Instructions not to register. 14/1/27”— was in witness’ handwriting. He would have received his instruction from G. Grey. He did not think there was any conversation about the matter —merely the instruction. . MORTGAGE TO KNOFFLOCK. The niortgage, dated June 8, 1931, from G. Grey to Knofflock was prepared by witness on instructions from Grey. Witness produced an uncompleted memorandum of mortgage from Ellen Grey to Whitehead and Herbert, the mortgagor being the wife of George Grey. Witness: drew up this document about July, 1930. The mortgage was never executed and the spaces for the amounts in the document were left blank. The property described in the mortgage was that occupied bv George Grey and his wife. On March 16 or 17, 1931, the trustees of the Herbert estate and Mrs. Herbert called at the office. George Grey was away from the office because he was ill. Grey had occasion to telephone to witness while they were there. He told I Grey that the Herbert estate trustees were there to see him. Grey told him to get the file and take it and the trustees to the house. He took with him a draft statement that he had prepared partly from the file and partly from the ledger-keeper. Grey read the items to Mrs. Herbert and the two trustees. There was’ no discussion regarding where the money was. Grey said something to the effect that he was “allowing them interest on the balance, as. they knew. The statement showed a credit balance. Before that witness had never heard of any arrangement whereby G. Grey was to have the use of the money. Witness did not prepare the stamp accounts in connection with the estate. He had at? tended to the work of the estate under G. Grey’s supervision. Nothing was said by the others when Grey made his remark about interest. Grey asked witness to. have the statement engrossed and copies sent to the trustees, and to Mrs. Herbert. He thought the reason the statement produced was unsigned was that it was a copy sent .to Mrs. Herbert. ■ Mrs. Alice Marjorie Morgan, who for a number of years was employed in Grey’s office, said she made entries in the books on G. Grey’s instructions. In earlier days she did have occasional things to do in connection with conveyancing and legal work, but from 1921 or 1922 her work was confined to the books—mostly costs and office account work. Stanley Frederick Collier, deputy registrar o'f the Supreme Court, said Grey was adjudicated bankrupt on August 18, 1931, on his own petition.