Witnees seat out settlement accounts, of which he kept no copies, to his clients, He bad had considerable experience in stock-broking, but he was not a stock-broker io London. Witness kept © book-keeper for three months from April onward, last year. Sometimes witness filled in counterfoils to his contracts, bat when be ran short he used loose contracts. Dariog the boom ho had not time to enter up counterfoils to the contracts. Ho bad filled up the counter-foils of one book of 100 contracts, The contracts were made in duplicate; one copy being given to the bayer or to the seller, as the case ight be and one copy being retained.|by witness after confirmation by the bayer or seller. Witness's records, were his book and his duplicate copies, of the contracts, He then gave details of bie account with Mr. Somekh, Oppe called for all the contract notes of witness's transactions with Mr. Somekh, Witness went on to aay in farther cross-examination that Somekh was an outside broker. He produced a copy of his account for receipt and delivery ivered by witness to Mr. Som for the Jane Settlement. Mr. Somekh had not paid witees. Witness might have begoa the second (ising) book Both i bare been st least 15 names in the second book. Witness had a clerk who was new to the basines and both he and witness made a mess of things. It was not a fact that the second book was only started whea the first was finished, He could not help his clerk keeping two accounts on the same page. It was not fact that all the accounts in the June Settlement witness had to receive Tls. 250 from Mr. Kadoorie, The correction in Kadoorie's account in witness's book was made on the day of the settlement, and was in witness's own handwriting. Why was be bound
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