Unidentified photographer / artist 1876, 1 December Forging Bank Notes By the Aid Of Photography
Magazine page Google Books The British Journal of Photography, Volume XXIII, No.865, December 1, 1876, p.576.
Forging Bank Notes By The Aid Of Photography. On Wednesday last, the 29th ult., at the Lancaster County Police Court, Alice Waller, alias Higgen, was charged on remand with forging and uttering é5 bank notes, purporting to be notes of the Lancaster Banking Company ; also with being in possession of five forged notes and photographic appliances for manufacturing such notes. Superintendent Jervis stated that since the prisoner's apprehension he had discovered half-a-dozen clear cases of uttering forged notes, and he bad selected two for investigation that day. Evidence in proof of the charge was then given. The police, on visiting 6, Rtadcliffe-street, Preston, where prisoner and her mother had been lodging, discovered a camera, negatives of the forged notes, and all the necessary appliances for photographing. Mr. F. Ellis, a photographer, of Lancaster, deposed that to all appearances the notes had been made from the negatives found at prisoner's lodgings. Both the negatives and prints had been taken in halves. The notes, which were joined together at the back, had evidently been greased or oiled to give them the appearance they presented. In her defence, the prisoner said, "I am guilty of passing the notes, but I declare before God that I am not guilty of making them." Prisoner was committed for trial at the next Lancaster assizes. It has been ascertained that about six years ago she was married to a lieutenant in the royal navy, but that they have not been living together for some time.
