At the time Hammond cashed the cheque, witness continued, he was in a very bad humour over the White Knight and Hakone incident and talked a good deal about it, so that witness had to interrupt him with a reminder that he was in a hurry. When later in the afternoon Mr Jones pointed out to witness that Mrs. Jones had not signed the cheque, witness exclaimed "By jove! We shall have to see about that.'' Next day he telephoned to complainant and explained what had happened, admitting his mistake. He never dreamed complainant would con-
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