The Archive · 1927

Superlatively Extraordinary

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witness said that to find Signatures which could be! imposed on each other was not impossible, traordinary to a super lative degree. After admitting that Crawley's superimposed with vers slight variations, witness. informed Dr, Sellett that if he (witness) were trying to establish that the. speci mens wore tracinzss he would pars 8 similar line of questioning, He Found the weight of evidence, how ever, against the possibility of them troduced a tracing ture and a genuine signature, witness believing that the imitation wae n tracing. Consider able Inughter ensued when Dr. Sel-Jett and: Mr. Schuhl themselves for got which was the original, Major Holeomb chuckled. the Coure tittered and Judge Purdy. smiled broadly Witness admitted that an expert—a Russian, as Mr, Martin Nicholson Jater stated, had performed. the operation—could have done it in 103 minutes, Witness said that before he had formed a conclusive opinion, Mr.

Smith, the other expert, had- ex-Drersed himself several times asto the signatures genuineness.

Dr, Sellett:—Are you being paid)

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