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he would take it to the Bank and enquire
if they knew the signature. On his way
to the Bank he met one Anderson, an
accountant in Ipswich, and asked him if
he knew James Ivory's signature. Anderson
said he knew it perfectly well, and that
it was genuine. When opposite the "Queen's
Arms", Anderson asked him in to have a
glass. The master of the house called An-
derson on some business, he being his book-
keeper, and on his return he said, as he was
going to the Bank for Mr. Macdonald, he
would take his cheque with him. My
husband gave him the cheque, desiring him
to ask at the Bank if it was good. On
his return, he said that the cheque was de-
tained, and that he was to call at the Bank
in half an hour. Accordingly, in half an
hour's time they both went to the Bank
together; my husband asked Mr. Faircloth
what was the matter with the cheque, stating
that it was his, and that he had given it
to Anderson to enquire if it was good. Mr.
Faircloth told him "it was for him to deal
with it now." My husband then went and
brought up the chief Constable, telling him