Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-08-13 | Page 2 | Thomas Hearing Resumed Friday; Charge Forgery

IH THOMAS MAS HEARING fARING RESUMED FRIDAY False Registration Ad milled Is Claim NEW QUINCY CASE defense Defens Tries to Prevent Sudbury Testimony The pr preliminary hearing of Arhur Arthur Arthur Ar- Ar I Ithe thur hur L L. Thomas Jr charged with the he forgery of a registration of 00 shares of stock in the New Quincy Mining company which commenced Thursday was resumed Friday Frida at 2 o o'clock clock before Judge Jud e Gaylen S S. S Young Youn In tire the city court Attorney F F. C C. C Loofbourow produced produced produced pro pro- a motion for dismissal of the he case near the close of Thursdays Thursday's Thursdays Thursday's Thursdays Thursday's Thurs- Thurs days day's session but It was r ruled led b bv by bythe the he court that it should be offered at the time of the argument Friday TELLS OF OF ADMISSION Thomas admitted that he forged the he name pame of the registrar Miss 1 D E Peters Peterson eterson n to the th shares In question dinar to testimony of ot S S. S E Sudbury public accountant and au auditor au- au After Atter first admitting that he the the stock had not been registered Thomas Taomas said Theres There's no use of m words I forged It according accord- accord In ing ng to Sudbury Sudbury was reluctant re to give ive Ms his testimony and the defense attempted attempt attempt- ed to prevent him being questioned n the grounds that h he s had been engaged by the company and that the he Information which he received was wag confidential B B. W W. Dixon a broker testified that he lie had turned in shares of stock lock to Thomas rhomas in small issues and asked for one certificate In t ex cx- cx x- x certificate Ie ange cl-ange for them The Thomas gave ave hh him hini Is the one which is s alle alleged ed to have been forged gorged on December 1 li he testified t NO PROVISION According to the testimony of MB M M. B B. Johnson brought out under the questioning of ot Loofbourow there was no provision In the articles of or incorporation of the company re requiring requiring requiring re- re quiring registration and no b bylaws by- by laws Loofbourow then argued that the state stats laws do not require such registration TIre The contention was also made bY bv the defense that such registration is not listed as it a forgerY forger in the state laws and that even though Thomas might have haye written the name of the assistant assistant secretary of the company he could not be found of forgery or Mrs Irs M M. r. r C C. McArdle formerly Miss Mis Edna Peterson who was assistant tant secretary of the Columbia Trust company testified that the tire signature signa na ture ture- on the registration was as not her signature Mark Tuttle examiner for the securities commission was not called to the stand by the prose prose- i c c tion CAN CALL TUTTLE L Loofbourow th thin then n said he would call Tuttle for cross examination E E. R R. Christensen assistant county county county coun coun- ty attorney objected on the ithe grounds that Tuttle had not testified on di direct direct dl- dl examination He said that if It the defense wanted the examiner to testify he could be called as a wit wit- ness nesby by the tire defense The court sustained the objection and nd Tuttle took the stand as a witness witness witness wit wit- ness for the defense Loofbourow asked the examiner If it were not true that he swore to the complaint for the of muddling the af affairs affairs af- af fairs Calls of the company and if he were were not riot biased and prejudiced Thomas The objection of Christensen Christensen Christensen Chris Chris- that the questions were Immaterial immaterial immaterial im Im- im- im material and Irrelevant was sus sus- susi sustained i by the court and they were stricken pu put t. t