The whole morning was taken up un the hearing of evidence by handwriting experts as to the genuineness oF otherwise of the signatures Jappearing on two contracts calling] for the sale and delivery of bullet proof vests, which contracts had been produced by the defence. After hearing this evidence, the President announced that in accordance with the Swiss Code Criminal Procedure, the Court had the right to suspend the trial of the case to enable new evidence to be adduced. As the act of accusation Jonly contained charges of frane, forgery, and destruction of documents, and as the accused had produced' at the hearing—documents which he had made use of as Jgenuine documents and on which were alleged forgeries, a further charge must be added "that he did make use of forged documents." Further, as it was impossible, according to Swiss criminal procedure, this further charge to the original act of accusation without an adjournment, the case would adjourned sine die, during which period of adjournment, M. Chasse, the Criminal Investigation De:
tment of the French police, would examine at leisure the signatures appearing on the two) Jcontracts before the Court, and also the signatures appearing on other documents produced in the course] Jof, the trial. The hearing would probably be resumed about the middle of this week.
Two Documents Compared Mr. E. A. Kobea gave evidence for the defence in the capacity of a. handwriting expert. He said that} although the signatures on the two Jeontracts looked alike, he could not that they were tracings. It was possible for a Chinese to write his name in English in exactly the same way on more than one occasion. Purther, it was not impossible person to write his name twice in such a way that the signatures would appear identical in every respect. Thompson's signatures on, the two contracts were not, in the opinion of witness, tracings.
The Provident made three tests with compasses and magnifying glasses and found that the signature. of Crawley on both copies of the vest contract would not exactly superimpose. After further test the President remarked that forgery was the most difficult of crimes t0 prove.
In reply fo Mr. Schuhl and after many tests, witness said that the similarity between the two signatures of Yang and Crawley on both Jcontracts were such that he suspicious, but he could not say that they' were tracings.
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