Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-07

in testimony and evidence In the trlal
of Royal G. Holmes in the superior
court here, developed principally into
a battle of handwriting experts on
| TIE question of whether the signature
On a typewriter receipt for payment
of the $500 note in the case is Capt.
James Lennens writing.
! The expected attempt on the part
of the state to recall Mr.. Holmes ana
Richard Tarrant to the stand for fur
| Their cross examination did not ma
| terialize.
Arrayed on the side Of the accused
| in their statements that the Lennen
| signature on the rece:pt was genuine
were David n. Carvalho of New York,
a handwriting expert with a nation
wide reputation and experience, and
Frank L. Woodland, treasurer of the
Dime Savings bank of this city. Sup
porting the states contention that the
name of James Lennen written on
the receipt was not written by Capt.
Lennen were George E. Frisbie, a
New Haven banker, James w. Will
lians, auditor at the Mohican hotel in
New London. and Leonard P. Church,
assistant cashier of the Thames Na-
tional bank of this city. Capt. Lennen
denied that the disputed signature
was his.
4 As a further link in the chain of
evidence offered before the jury by
the state there We're four enlarge
rlents of photographs of the disputed
signature and of Capt. Lennen's sig
natures on the three blank savings
bank orders which have been used as
evidence in the case.
Next Tuesday morning at 1880 o.
clock the attorneys will make their
! arguments before the jury. Attorney
Warren B. Burrows probably opening
for the state. He will be followed by
| the two attorneys for the accused, j
j. Desmond and Arthur NJ. Brown
while States Attorney Hadiai A. Hull
will close the argument for the prose
cution, and then Judge William NJ
Maltbie will charge the jury and give
the case into their hands 10 reach 9
verdict.
The closing act of Thursday was
when the attorneys for the accused
| said they would like to haye Capt
Lennen sit down in court and write
his signature twenty times Majol
: Hull raised objection AMI Judge Malt
. bic said this seemed quite an unnsua
request and he was not inclined t.
5 grant it if Capt. Lennen objected.
/ The attorneys for the accused
. stated to the court that they wanted
: to have the captain use g clean pei
= and sheet of legal cap paper il the
= demonstration of the way he wrote hi
name. The captain claimed his eye
sight was not what it used to be ant
;, he hadn't used a steel pen for six o
; seven years. lie said he had beef
4 using a fountain pen and had it witt
= him. the same pen that he had il
= April of last year, the month in whicl
2 the receipt was dated.
Judge MaItDie re1nar;-ed that ther
= were many people who couldn't eveI
e make legibile signature using til
,. pen to which tney were acc1Jstomct
j and he would not object to the sigma
h ture test if Captain Lennen used tn
$ fountain pen.
: Judge George E. Parsons, clerk O
:. the court, had already furnished tt
e paper and two new steel pens, bu
: Captain Lennen took his fountain pc
n and proceeded to write off his sigma
:, ture while the lawyers watched owe
d his shoulder.
i When he had written it six time:
it was agreed that that was enough
: The attorneys for the accused re
t quested that he then write it with
: new pen but Judge Maltbie rule
d against this.
II Opening of court in the mory3tn
!, was DELAYED half an hour until 49,
: because of the lateness of Jurors ,
V reporting.
+ Captain Lennen's Signature.
Opening the continuation of til
trial, Attorney Brown as co'flsel fc
the accused called Captain Lennen I
the stand.
g The attorney showed the captain
: letter in handwriting and asked him
Is the signature on it was his.
o The captain asked to be allowed
T. read the whole paper, and when /
L had done so said the signature W.
q his. The paper was laid in as de
Is PENDANTS exhibit NJ.
New York Expert.
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who gave his occupation as an exam
n iner of questioned handwriting for II
"a last 48 Years. followed Cantain Ienne
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