Questioned by the Judge through an interpreter ap to why Mr. Young $20,000, "which were paid' to the A.OBE, for safe-keeping, had been ut in the call deposit account, the accused said it was without his know~ ledge. If money was for safe-keeping, naturally it could not be taken away fag it was different from a call deposit count. His duty as the bank's general manager concerned foreign exchange, ele, and he very seldom any recelpis, he said, when he was shown Mr. Young's receipt for safekeeping by the Judge.
When told by the Judge that several witnesses had alleged that ko had given orders to sign the receipt to Mr. Young, the accused ald that, If had been his orders, they would have asked for his initials or signature on the recolpls, In answer to the Tudge's other question, the. accus Sald the ex-compradore might have talked with him about the safe-keep-matter, but certainly not about putting the money for safe-keeping Into the call deposit account.
When shown by the Judge the two transactions in the ease which appeared in the bank's books, the accused said these two Items were inthe books, but never passed through him. In that bank, tke accused tald the Fudge, there were about 5,000 transactions a day and it was absolutely impossible for one man to go through all of them.
Asked if it was true that Mr. Young's $20,000 for sate-keeping were later sent to the Bank of China, the accused said he had not yet, checked it, All money received by his bank each day was turned over to the compradore, the accused said.
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