At _Thursday's hearing, Captain W. I. Eisder, marine surveyor and special ' representative of the U.S. Shipping Board, stated that he first met defendant in 1917. As marine superintendent for the Standard Oil Company, witness received from defendant a number of applications for employment, written and signed by him. The letters produced were signed by the accused.
Thomas Ewart Hammond, of the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank, gave evidence as an expert in the examination of signatures, Mr. MacDonald submitted that the qualifications mentioned by Mr. Hammond were not those of a hand-writing expert.
Mr. McKean recalled that the only other similar case on local record was that in which Mr. Craig was involved, and the evidence of Mr. Hammond's predecessor at the Bank was admitted in reference to a telegram found in the safe.
The point was discussed whether witness should give his opinion as to agreement between the handwriting of the letters produced and the endorsement on the licence alleged to have been forged and his Worship said he did not think Mr. Hammond's evidence could be taken.
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