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- Title
BOGUS CHECK FILE CLASSIFIED BY TRADEMARKS.
- Authors
Livingston, Orville B.
- Abstract
The article reports that in efforts to make use of habits of persons writing bad checks it was decided in November 1944 to experiment with an original filing system in addition to the effective methods already employed to identify bad check operators. This system was to identify the writer from the check alone, without necessarily considering the swindle method or the description of the passer, both of which are sometimes lacking. In the experimental stages of the idea, 3x5 inch unruled index cards were filled out with the typewriter, headed "Check Trademarks." Next appeared filing information and typewritten check form, into which handwriting was copied from the check by drawing with a pen. Since the idea has proved itself workable, photostatic copies of bad checks have been used for most entries since April 1948. The original entries from complaint, warrant or correspondence cases are indexed on 3 x 5-inch cards in duplicate by names of writers and other names used on the checks, thin carbon paper used to make two cards with a single writing.
- Subjects
CHECKS; FILING systems (Documents); DRAFTS (Banking); COPYING; NEGOTIABLE instruments; INFORMATION organization
- Publication
Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology (08852731), 1949, Vol 39, Issue 6, p782
- ISSN
0885-2731
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/1138626