Evidence was given by David Reece, whose name appeared upon the will as one of the witnesses. He swore that he had never seen Whalley sign a will, but that, together with the other witness, Nash, he had put his signature above Whalley's signature on a piece of white paper on which was some writing in pencil. Other evidence was then called to prove that shortly before his death Whalley had asked Thomas to write a letter in pencil to Priestman, to which he had appended his signature in ink. This letter Priestman had never received. The inference, therefore, from this evidence was that the will had been written upon a sheet of paper from which pencil writing had been erased. A minute examination of the "white will" disclosed the presence of traces of the pencil marks, and words could be sufficiently deciphered to show that they had formed part of a letter. The evidence of a number of expert witnesses, including Mr. Holmes, the librarian of Windsor Castle, made clear the manner in which pencil marks upon paper which had apparently been erased might reappear. When india-rubber is passed over the surface of the paper it removes part of the fibres of the material but only doubles over another portion, so that in time the latter may unroll again and uncover the writing which had for a time been concealed by it. It was proved further that the words which had now reappeared upon the paper were in the handwriting of Thomas. The expert evidence that was brought fully confirmed the story of the witness Reece, and the "white will" was pronounced a forgery. Subsequently Thomas was tried on this charge and was convicted and sentenced to fifteen years' penal servitude. It is strange to reflect that had it not been for his being unable to resist the temptation of showing his triumph over his rivals, by flourishing a blue paper, his ingenious fraud would in all probability never have been detected. It is scarcely likely that this paper was the original "blue will." In any case, the latter was never discovered, but the Courts held on the evidence laid before them that its intention should hold good, and that the money should go to Priestman. * * * * * An elaborately designed forgery was detected in 1891 by the evidence furnished by the different documents. An action was brought by a man named Howe against the executors of a Mr. Ashton to recover £1,375, which he alleged, had been given him in a cheque shortly before the testator's death. The body of the cheque was admitted to be in the handwriting of Howe who said that he had written it at Ashton's request. The cheque was signed "B. Ashton," whereas in the cheques (produced by Mr. Ashton's bank) for many years previously, the signature was invariably "Benj. Ashton," and the shorter signature was only employed in letters. The evidence went to show that Howe had traced the signature from one of these letters.