title: Witness to Forgery: Memoir of a Forensic Document Examiner
author: Donald B Doud
description: Donald Budlong Doud (1916  2005) was born in Wisconsin, but lived most of his early life in California. Mr. Doud, who had a background in photography, began his training in questioned document examination during World War II when he was hired by Clark Sellers to assist in trial preparation. He also took classes in questioned document examination taught by John L. Harris at the University of Southern California. After working for Mr. Sellers for six years, he worked for more than a year in the office of Albert D. Osborn in New York, followed by a year with Herbert J. Walter in Chicago. In 1951, he settled in Milwaukee with John F. Tyrell. Mr. Tyrell passed away in 1955 and Mr. Doud continued to work in private practice in Milwaukee for many years. Donald Doud was the eighth president of the American Society of Questioned Document Examiners. In addition to the presidency of the Society, Mr. Doud served as Chairman of the Questioned Documents Section of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and on the board of the American Board of Forensic Document Examiners. He lectured for twenty years before Fred Inbau's scientific evidence classes at Northwestern University, as well as the Ford Foundation Prosecutor's and Defense attorneys annual seminars. He was the author of numerous published articles and professional papers. He wrote the monograph "Scientific Evidence" for the 1959 Wisconsin Lawyers' Seminars. Donald Doud was awarded the 2005 Albert S. Osborn Award of Excellence, presented by the American Society of Questioned Document Examiners.
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  The Rector of Veilbye
  
  
    
    
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  # The Rector of Veilbye
  
  
  ### Steen Steensen Blicher
  
  
  
  
  
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  These extracts from the diary of Erik Sorensen, District Judge,
  
  
  followed by two written statements by the rector of Aalso, give a
  
  
  complete picture of the terrible events that took place in the parish
  
  
  of Veilbye during Judge Sorensen's first year of office. Should anyone
  
  
  be inclined to doubt the authenticity of these documents let him at
  
  
  least have no doubt about the story, which is, alas! only too sadly
  
  
  true. The memory of these events is still fresh in the district, and
  
  
  the events themselves have been the direct cause of a change in the
  
  
  method of criminal trials. A suspected murderer is