FORGERY MADE EASY
TRADESMEN WHO SOLD * BLANK CHEQUES REBUKED JUDGE'S STRONG VIEWS *; NEW PLYMOUTH, Thurs. In sentencing Henry Ernest Ferguson Lee, who pleaded guilty to four eharges of forgery and uttering, to nine months' imprisonment, to be followed by twelve months' reformative detention Mr. Justice Reed to-s day conVnrned the tradesmen who" had sold him blank eheques, although he was not known to them. It was a pity, his Honour said, that the law did not subject persons acting thus to a fine. It might have . been considered whether such an action should not render the tradesmen liable to an action for damages by those on whom the forgery was committedl Such facilities made forgery too easy.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 76, 20 November 1931, Page 5
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