Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-03-26
sAREFAcEp NUMBERING.
Al Impudsns Asssmps % Perpssrass
Fraud On she Estate ef Charles
Lawrsaee, DeceaseA-Is Did Mes
Avail.

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. Fraud % she Estate Or Charles
Lawrs.ee, DeeeassA-Is Did Mes
Avail.
The trial Of the case Of Pinschewsr 70.
vollusrs, executor Of the estate Of Chas.
n. Lawrence, deceased. has brought to
light an attempt at fraud which was To-
day characterized BY the Court a. the
most bareiacsd and laundering ever be-
fore II.
Pipsehower brought suit against the
Lawrence estate for ss,4o3 AZ. Voll.
msrs q 8 executor claimed that Pins.
chower owed the Lawrence estate S..
800 AZ.
The plaintiff showed on the trial .
statement handed 10 him on the day Of
the suicidal or accidental shooting OF
Lawrence which showed the balance due
the plaintiff to be the same a. the amount
claimed Of the estate.
The defendant called Jonas Pinschower
and asked him about the execution and
delivery to Mr.. Lawrence Of Q certain
instrument In writing showing that the
plaintiff owed Lawrence $5896 AZ. The
plaintiff explained this document 90 that
the Court was satisfied that the agree
ment contained q statement Of indebted
ness which did not exist.
This proceeding forced the defendant,
In order to sustain this instrument, 10
INTRODUCES the books OF Lawrence, and II
was in these that the fraud whish the
Court characterized ~ "blundsring and
bsrefssed" was attempted. The books
had been tempered vith-that was
plain-and had been 30 dootored mp a.
to show an amount OF Indebtedness equal
to that Of the alleged document. !. O.,
$500 42.
The attempt was made BY some one
who knew little Of book keeping. yet one
able to counterfeit the handwriting and
figures Of Lawrence remarkably we'll.
He had started In on o certain page Of
the book by inserting. ITO balance,
$500 49," On the opposite page. how.
ever. the trse balance, '$3O3 3d." ap-
peared.
At the bottom OF the pages Mr.. Lawr
renee had psncilsd footinss. In orded
to carry these along they had been erasse
where psncilsd and penciled over at one
side and to them has been added tn
original S5896 "a. the amount appear
ing In the regular place Of footinRs.
The zoe fool who did all this doctoring
| OF the book, however. allowed to remain
at the top OF each column the true bal
anoe a. Mr.. Lawrence put It there In
pencil. So poorly we're the pencil marks
At the bottom rubbed out the original
figures plainly appeared when msgniaed
by q glass. The pages as they stood
above the summing showed the figures
arst placed by Mr.. Lawrence to be cor.
rect. This was because the Sum OF
$500 AZ had not bsen carried over In
the balances, but had been added 70 the
cummings only.
Moreover. the first entry Of the S..
BOG AZ which was made with o pen, was
In ink Q shade different In color from
that used by Mr.. Lawrence. There was
Q pepciled memorandum on q OF the
pages which wa not In Mr.. L%awrence's
handwriting. although an attempt had
been made to initiate It.
In the light Of all these things, which
appear on the book much palmer than
any description can mako them. the
Court ignored the defendants claim and
gave judgment to Mr.. Pinsohowsr for
the amount demanded. Iu doing 90 the
Court regretted that the person who had
30 bunRlingly tried to fslsify MI. Law.
renos's books was not known and within
its jurisdiction, that hs might DO pun.
ished.