The Archive · 1923

Forms from an Old Boor

Mr. J. R. Barry, who watched the proceedings on the behalf of Messrs. Arnhold Bros., mentioned that the forms should have been signed by Mr. Moller who was in charge. The forms had evidently been taken out of one of the old books.. When hills were presented by the Horsa Bazaar it was found that the orders did not tally with the books. The writing was certainly that of Mr. Moller.

Witness, cross-examined by Major P. Holcomb, who appeared for the second accused, said that he did not know the second man.

The first accused was then called to the hox, and denied in general Det.-Insp. Knight's evidence. He said that he knew nothing at all _abont the forms which were left in his house by the second accused, who was really the guilty party. Tt was the second accused who had Sled in the farms and received the oil. Witness had not stolen the forms from Messrs. Arnhold's.

In answer to Det.-Insp. Knight, witness said that the second man had given him the forms which had been sold to him by a friend. As he could not take delivery of

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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