DISHONOURED CHEQUE
▼ BANK CLAIMS £645. Dunedin, March 8. A case of considerable public interest was heard in the Supreme Court to-d'ay when the Bank of Australasia claimed from Lewis Ourtis the sum of £645, the amount of a dishonoured cheque. Defendant is well known to racing men through the Dominion, and in his evidence admitted that he was a convicted bookmaker. The cheque concerned was given by Curtis to William Sandman, teller iu the bank, who was recently convicted of embezzlement. Curtis stopped payment of this cheque when lie learned that one given t o him in exchange by Sandman and purporting to como from the latter’s uncle in Fremantle was a forgery. During the hearing of the case it was alleged by counsel for the bank that Sandman had had considerable betting transactions with Curtis, but the latter denied this. His Honour reserved decision.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3611, 10 March 1927, Page 3
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145DISHONOURED CHEQUE Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3611, 10 March 1927, Page 3
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