Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-19
STORE RECORDS PRODUCED
 IN BEREAVEMENT TRIAL

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 Samued GreeRes proprietor of the Smart Shop in New London. was on the stand most of the day Tuesday in the su- perior court here before Judge Gardiner Greene and a jury in the trial of Miss Mary Jane Nelson, a former clerk and manager of the corset department in the store, on the charge of embezzlement The thirteen counts in the complaint have the following dates and amounts: Oct {. 1920. ss.3o; July 8. i410; Sept. 24, s13.5o; July 1. 1850; Sept. Il, sIO.5O; Oct. IF. s4.50; July 3. $500; oct. 1. s5.16 Aug. 14. s13.5O; Aug. '. $500; Oct
 it. $; June 2l. S7.0o; Sept IS, ss.15. Mr. GreeneS Identified sips issued at the store showing corsets taken out by customers on approval and other records showing the return of the corsets by re- cords made by Miss Nelson. He was cross-examined by Attorney c. c. Morgan. counsel for Miss Nelson. whose line of questioning apparently sought to establish
 that the sytem in use in the store was not infallfble on keeping the records and | that business rivalry had something to do with the charges made by MT. Greenes
 against Miss Nelson. who opened a cor set shop after she had resigned from the employ of MT. Gre enes.
 Attorney Morgan introduced as an ex- hibit the papers in civil suit for sl 0O0
 damages brought by Mir. Greenes against
 Miss Nelson In which the attachment on
 her bank account of sI0o0 was made on
 Nov. 10, the day of her opening. In re- ply to a question. Mir. Greenes said he did
 no know that half of this .bank account
 came from note given by Miss Nelson
 and endorsed by an officer of the bank
 Direct examination of MT. Greenes by
 State Attorney Hull and cross examina- tion by Attorney Morgan was concluded at o'clock in the afternoon and he WAS
 folloTd on the stand by Mrs. Antonio c Rood, wife of Clayton Rood of Bai. tic. It was through a check for sl3.5C made payable to Miss Nelson that Mr Grtenes said he first came to any suspi. cion that Mics Nelson was embezz'inr from him. He testified that he saw Mrs Rood at her home at Baltic and that sht
 told him Miss Nelson told her to mak.
 the check payable to her as the Snar ' Shop had nothing to do with the corse business. On cross examination Mrs Rood denied that she said any such thin,
 to Mfr. Greenes, but. she said Miss Nelson told her over the tslpehone the Smar Shop would get the money either va, a the check was made.
 . Clayton H. Rood ideentified the checl . for sie.50. which had the endorsement of Miss Nelson and Nellie J. Ahearn . another clerk in the store, on It.
 Mrs. Jessie M. Horton, Iis wilIett avenue, New London testified to takinl out two corsets on approval. paying 3s.3
 cash to Hiss Nelson for one, returninl {. the other.
 Mrs. Stella 2. Jackson, I'll Lincoln av f enue, testified. to take two corsets o . approval, paying s3.5o for one and re
 turning the other. Mrs. Alice Mau
 Bond of Niantic testified she bought 2 corset and half dozen brassieres abou
 June 22, paying 31s.00 cash and the good were sent oher by parcel post. Mri Il Ethel T. Chaftee. 271 M9ntauk avenu, d New London. testified to taking out c corset and a brasslere early in Septembe It paying ;1o.50 for the corset and return . ing thee brassiere. She said she sa- Miss Nelson take the money to the des E in the middle of the store when she pal d her.
 '- On cross examination, Attorney Morga
 asked Mir. Greenes about one of tn al
 proval clips made ou to a Mrs. Shit
 of Berkey avenue. MT. Grenes said h
 had not been able to find any such ", f man at that address and the attorue c promised to produce her in court.