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MOyer Fails to Get
Bank Case Sqlashed
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the examination as he saw fit. and was
sustained hy the court.
The witness testified 10 having sent
out The call tor the report Of the North
Penn Banks business June &. as Of
June >. aud OF having received back the
blanks June H. He also testified to
having received call report December
81. 1918. the last call report preceding
that being of June >.
Mr.. Taulanc offered three previous
reports in evidence. Mr.. Gray picked
them Up and smiled.
~ know wh% YOU are smiling" said
Mr.. Taulan", but it won't do you any
good.
Mr.. Gray protested against this state.
ment.
II saw you look at that Endorsement
on the report" said Mr. Taulane. land
what | meant was that the point you
were going TO raise is no good"
Lawyers Can Smile. Not Laugh
Judge Davis interveued.
Il have no objection to any one smil-
ing. but laughing is forbidden. Keep
the petty personalities out of this trial
III do all the Judging
Fred Hamcher. a bank examiner. re-
called. testified that he had found the
notice of June . after the banks col
lapse. Peter q. Cameron, also a for
lner bank examiner and at present a
deputy banking commissioner. substan-
tiated previous testimony in regard to
the report. Mr.. Gray in cross exam
ination tried TO make the witness admit
that he had reported the bank to be in
shaky condition as early as January Of
1919.
Handwriting Identified
Then August Wagner took the stard
proving to be the most important so far
called. He was employed for years as
notary public to witness various legal
papers for the bank.
lie was shown the sworn report of
the bank = financial condition as Of June
:, and testified that the signature was
that of Meyer.
Mr.. Gray subjected the witness TO a
long and sharp cross examination. Tn
der il Wagner admitted that he some
| times left his notarial seal at the bank
SO that hH would have il handy When
he dropped in to witness papers. He
was asked to produce the book in which
he recorded atfidavitS, so that from his
records he could turn over the legal
proportion of his fees to the state.
lie admitted in reply to Mr.. Gray's
questions, that sometimes he neglected
10 enter these. He found the entry
OF the statement of June 10. the day it
was signed. sandwiched in between some
other entries of other dates. He ex-
planned that his clerk, a girl, had en- :
tered others, and that he had put in
certain atfdavits of which he had made
memoranda but had not entered at the
time the oaths were administered.
Was not this entry put there after
, every other entry on the page. anC
simply where it was most convenient
to make ~ Mr.. Gray asked.
NO, answered the witness.
WAS not this entry made Ions
time after the affidavit had beer
| takcn|' asked Mr. Gray.
''No, answered the witness. "onlJ
reasonable time-thrce or four day!
| perhaps
| Delay in Entry Admitted
By accident Mr.. Gray turned to tn,
next pay of the book, and there founC
Il eCOsnd entry apparently of the samt
affidavit. The first had been entered
as statement to State North Penn
Bank. 1t was dated. The second haC
no date and was written in as "statc
meut Of assets TO state, North Penn
Bank. Fifty cents.
Did you ever take any affidavit
after June 10? asked Mr.. Gray.
Yes. answered the witness.
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