Municipal Police stated that he was convinced that Pick wrote the forged Signatures on the document, photoveraphically " reproduced, "My. Chazelle of the French Police could not definitely affirm that the hand-Writing was chat of 'Pick, although hie believed it to be #0, whereas Me. Kobza, who was first' of opinion that some person had endeavoured to imitate Pick's handwriting, when examined on this point was unable to declare ¢hat the writing was not that of Pick himself, In view of his vast experience T feel inclined to rely more on Mr. Chazelle testimony and and am, therefore, reluctant to state that it has been. definitely proved that Pick foged these signatures, although there is mich clrcumatantial evidence to show that Pick was. the person most likely to have forged these Signatures ey at least instigated the Mr. Kobza explained to the Court that it was quite possible for the photograph, produced by the com: Disining witness, to. have been a Fabrication. The -genuiness of the photograph depended upon whether not. the letters appearing upon the original document were in relict ard upon the circumstances in which the photo was made. I am satisfied from the enlargements and from the statements of the assistants of the Chung Hua Studio that the letters had been printed in gold and were, thereafter, not in relief, and that the signatures and seals were on the document before the photograph was made, Iam further convinced from the evidence submitted that the second used, Levitsky, took part in the fabrication of this document and I therefore, feel obliged to protest against the acquittal of this
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