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Wednesday. May 22. 1991 ~ North Shore News - 53 \

Be careful how
you sign your
John Henry...

IF YOU happen to find yourself travelling through
California one of these days and are suddenly seized by the
urge to forge a cheque, chances are you'll get caught.
thanks to the eagle eve of Marcel Matley.

Mailey is an expert when it
comes to the fine art of handwrit- By Surj Rattan
ing analysis, The San) Francisca fews Reporter
resident is a full-time document
saminer, prapbologist aud
author.

Madey, who runs the Handwrit- “Handwriting is a dynamic
ing Services of California, was movement,”’ says Matley. A
recently in West) Vancouver to good handwriting analyst in’ his
give a two-day seminar on hand- mind is recreating the dynamic
writing analysi s. movement. Just because one

He has been cailed on several aspect of a writing sample gives a
occasions as an expert witness in certain trait, you do not jump to a
court cases to determine if same- conclusion.”
one's handwriting is legitimate. Matley says he usually requires
Most of the fegal cases he’s called a client to write him several tet-
to work on involve forgery-related ters, four or five, over a period of
offences. about a week to accumulate the

“LT must tell you, most people best samples for analysing some-
are realy dumb when if comes to one's handwriting.
committing crimes. They don’t Mauey, who has been examin-
know how to commit crimes." ing handwriting professionally for
Matley says. ‘They might as well the past 10 years, says most of the
put their name and social in- people who come to his seminars
surance number on the forgery.”” are more interested in learning

Matley specializes in three how to do handwriting analysis
areas. The first is docu-examina- than docu-cxamination work.
tion, which is the legal work to The West Vancouver seminars
determine the authenticity of a are the first he has given” in
signature. He also researches and Canada and were sponsored by
writes professional literature on the B.C. chapter of the American
the art of handwriting analysis Handwriting Analysis Foundation.
and does graphology work or,
more simply, analysing handwrit- For more information on the
a group, contact 922-4714.

NEWS photo ferry Petern.

HANDWRITING EXPERT Marcel Matiey possesses an eagle's eye when it comes to determining if a
document has a forged signature.

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