The Story of a Cheque
| Author | A. C. Watson |
| Date | 01 April 1933 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0032258X3300600207 |
| Published date | 01 April 1933 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
The
Story
of
aCheque
By
CHIEF
INSPECTOR A.
C.
WATSON
BootIe Police
IF police officers availed themselves of the numerous
opportunities they have of recording in writing the proce-
dure adopted by them in the course of some one or other of
their daily inquiries, how interesting they would find it and
how instructive it would prove to others!
The
inquiry, to
provide the interest necessary, need not be an involved case
of conspiracy to defraud. Something more simple may
provoke an equally interesting discussion, as, for example,
the complaint of a missing cheque, which was reported to the
writer last month.
A business firm sent an open cheque for £5 to J.P.
The
envelope was addressed to the correct street,
but
unfortu-
nately the number of the street was
written'
291 ' instead of
, 191,' and it is assumed that the cheque was delivered by the
postman to the house ' 291.'
The
day following the posting
of the letter a man presented the cheque for payment.
The
cheque was not endorsed, and, knowing that the payee was
an elderly man, the bank clerk asked the man who presented
the cheque for his name. He gave the name of the payee, and
when pressed, he
said:
'He
is my
father;
I have the same
name as he.'
The
bank clerk returned him the cheque and
told him to get it endorsed by the proper person.
The
police
were informed and a description of the man furnished.
The
man did not again visit the bank.
Discreet inquiry was made
at'
291,' and it was ascertained
that a man answering the description furnished by the bank
clerk resided there, and further, it was a coincidence that he
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