Defendant's Duplication of His Mother's Signature in the Mixed Court 'The sensational Elliott case, which has occupied the attention of the U. S. Court and the Mixed Court, the latter after Elliott had been declared by Judge Purdy as without American citizenship, is now apparently reaching its' last stages, Elliott appeared at the Mixed Court once more last Friday morning before Messrs.. Hamilton and Loh, charged with having forged his name to 16 cheques for more than G.$5,500, While in San whence he fled from Elliott confessed to an attorney in writing, The case, as outlined in the columns of the "North-China Daily, News" on several occasions, has its interest in the fact that Judge Purdy denied the suit of Anna Burton Elliott, mother of Victor S. Elliott, against the American Oriental Banking Corporation, from whom she demanded the full amount. of the loss. The Court, however, held that that collusion existed between mother and son and the Bank was not held liable, 'Mr. E. T. Maitland is prosecute ing for the police, Mr. L. K. Kent well is defending, Major Holeomb represents Mrs, Elliott and Mr, W. S, Fleming' appears for the Bank—a three-cornered legal battle, in which all. parties concerned hope, at least for technical reasons, that' defendant will be convicted, excepting, of course, the Bank. If Elliott is convicted of forgery by the Mixed Court then his mother will have recourse to the U.S. Court, to reopen t the Bank.
Why he Did It At the Mixed Court consider able attention yesterday was given to the confession vf Elliott, which the Assessor read out to him. Ace cused admitted the entire "doeument without question except for a few minor items as to ealenda dates, which might have been dif= ferent because the affair took place 8 year ago, In the confession Elliott _admite ted to having first written his own signature ona cheque for $200, which the Bank honoured when he had no account in the Bank. When pressed by the Bank, who told him that if he did not' make good the amount they would take it from his mother's account—they did, ac~ cording to him—he got the idea that he might draw on her account. Thus the forgeries. With the aid of a Chinese locksmith he obtained a duplicate key to the private Grawer in which she kept the passbook.. Sometimes he used, accord ing to his statements, the bool, sometimes they gave him the amount of the cheques without question and without the book,
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