BANK EMBEZZLEMENT.
A Systematic Swindler.
[per PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.]
London, Nov 23
£250 is offered for the apprehension of Thomas Goudie ( a Bank of Liverpool book-keeper, for forging and uttering cheques. The crime is attributed to gambling on the turf. London, November 24. The book-keeper in the Bank of Liverpool defrauded the institution of £170,000. Goudie was in the habit of forging cheques for the payment of turf debts. The cheques were drawn on an account kept with the Bank at Liverpool. The cheques after-wards were presented through the clearing house and various backs. Goudie failed to debit lire cheques to the account, and thus circumvented the daily check with fresh transactions.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 25 November 1901, Page 3
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112BANK EMBEZZLEMENT. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 25 November 1901, Page 3
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