Covniea: Mr. P. Watkin Willams for the Prosecution: "Mr, Vit Reader Barrie appeared' on bebait of the Shanghat Gas Ca.
Refore Mr. C. 1. Haines, H.M. Registrar 'Shanghai, July 28, 'The preliminary hearing of the charges' of falsification of Shanghai Gas Ca. accounts brought against Henry Cyril Davies, former ployee, were continued in H. Mf. Police Court before Mr. C. H. Haines, HM. Registrar, yesterday. Mr. P. Watkin Williams prosecuted on bebait of the! SMC, Recalled to give evidence Mr. Rene Berthet, chief clerk of the Gas Ca, Was questioned by Mr. Watkin Williams. Mfr. Williams explained that there were entries in Davies ledger which did not appear in the cash collection book. He added that the totals in the cash column of the ledger. had been falsified.
After an all.day hearing, during which ledgers, folio numbers, cosh collection books and other exhibits were produced in order to prove that. the amounts. in the cash collection books did not coincide with the corresponding entries in the ledgers because of erasions, the case was ad Journed until today at 215 pra.
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