Judgment Regarding an Alleged Forged Cheque: Bank's Suocessful Claim Judgment was delivered by Judge Purdy in the United States Court for China on Thursday in the suit of C. Long (doing business as Long Ca.) vs the Asin Banking Corporation. Plaintiff attempted to recover the sum of $18,950 (Hong-Kong currency) which he claimed the Bank paid out on a forged cheque ud deducted from his deposit ace count with the tone question for of the court, said ind that was the ques tion of fact us to whether—the signature of "T, C. Long" upon the cheque was genuine or forged. Upon the conclusion of the trial, application was made by the' defendants to reopen the case for the purpose of taking dispositions tu Hongkong with a view to the impeachment of the plaintiff and his expert witness, Lee Yau-ming, each fof whom had testified, during the closing hour of the trial, that about the middle of January, 1925, they had had in their possession in Canton the alleged forged cheque, The se thereupon was reopened, and dispositions of certain witnesses taken in Hongkong on May 8 on belial of defendants, Dispositions behalf of plaintitt, relating the same matter, were taken in. Canton on May 11,
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