CLEVER FORGERY.
LORD ROBKRTS' SIGNATURE. By Cable—Press Association —Copyright. London, December 4. Bourke. a music-hall artist, and Powys, a financier, have been sentenced to seven and six years' imprisonment, respectively, on charges of having attempted to obtain £1750 itt Cox's Bank by forging Lord Roberts' signature. Hundreds of opened letters, which had been extracted from letter-boxes by the aid of birdlime, were found in their room, many jof them addressed to residents in the colonies. Lord Roberts gave evidence that the forged signature was an admirable imitation.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 171, 6 December 1912, Page 5
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87CLEVER FORGERY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 171, 6 December 1912, Page 5
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