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A FORGED WILL.

OCBJOUS CASE IN OTAGO< uxmsQ mm before the COURT. Dunedin, Sept. 1^ Time Well-known residents of OpKif, tifiUfetm Charles Fitches,. hotel-keeper, Hugh Maialiater, stock inspector, and iWilluun White, laborer, were charged tefort the Police Court at Clyde to-day irltb forging a will in favor of William rVhite, one of the accused, and purporting It to be the will of a deceased person, .George Reaper. Krmn the'evidence given it appeared Butt Patches wrote the will, signed it as % witness, got White to forge Reaper's lame, and arranged with Macalister to dgn ai si'witness ale*. AH three accused made written statemeflta confessing their guilt. They reserv*4 their defence and were committed lor tntt •' Lt flsing heavy hail the magistrate (Mr. % G. Lewy) remarked that the kffeac* was very serious and punishable fa lit* imprisonment

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Taranaki Daily News, 3 September 1920, Page 5

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A FORGED WILL. Taranaki Daily News, 3 September 1920, Page 5

A FORGED WILL. Taranaki Daily News, 3 September 1920, Page 5

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