| Level | Item |
| Reference Number (click to see whole series/group) | AC22/98 |
| Extent | 1 volume |
| Title | ACCOUNTANT'S DEPARTMENT RECORD OF FRAUD CASES ETC: PAPERS CONCERNING THE WILSON CASE - PHOTOGRAPHS PREPARED BY PURSUERS NUMBER 1,117 OF PROCESS |
| Date | 1906 - 1923 |
| Admin History | John Wilson died aged 92 leaving estate of £400,000 including large sums of British Government Stocks. D C Anderson (former art student) was Wilson's secretary who, having access to his employer's papers, succumbed to temptation and was convicted of forgery and fraudulent conversion and imprisoned for seven years. Wilson's executors subsequently had their names entered in the Bank register concerning most of the holdings following a Court Case. |
| Description | Disputed signatures, Wilson signatures, photographs of documents bearing handwriting of D C Anderson. |
| Original Reference | Box 130_5 Book "F" |
| Keyword | Forgery; fraud; legal opinions; Freshfields |