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Review Statement: Regarding E. Davis Brewer

Wednesday, November 19, 1997

At 3:30 p.m. on Thursday at Grafton County Superior Court, Judge Edward J. Fitzgerald III sentanced E. Davis Brewer to six months in the House of Corrections commencing November 24 at 9 a.m. He also assessed Brewer a $500 fine payable on that date. Brewer, a former Editor-in-Chief of The Dartmouth Review, had pled guilty to the theft of some $7300 from the weekly newspaper. He had done so by means of several large forged checks and many unauthorized checks.

These events marked the end of a process that began in 1996. In the early summer of 1996, the current Editor, James Panero, and President, Kevin Robbins, of The Dartmouth Review, discovered serious irregularities in the checks drawn on the Review bank account.

The irregularities consisted of check forgery and embezzelment of Review funds by Brewer. The crimes were committed both while he was Editor-in-Chief and after his term had expired.

Nothing like this had happened in the sixteen years of Review publication. However, it was inevitable that the forgery and theft would come to light when Mr. Brewer's sucessor editor and President reviewed the bank statements and checks.

The Review was well aware of its fudiciary responsibilities and handled this unfortunate matter and handled this unfortunate matter expeditiously and correctly. From the beginning it sought and continues to seek repayment of the stolen funds. In August of 1996 it received formal signed agreements from Mr. Brewer to adhere to an agreed upon schedule of repayment. It repeatedly informed Mr. Brewer that he had committed serious violations of the law and could be subject to prosecution both criminal and civil.

Therefore, the Review turned the matter over to the relevant authorities, and provided them with the accumulated evidence of forged checks and other checks, sometimes for substantial sums, cashed for Brewer's personal purposes.

The obvious fact is that the Review from start to finish zealously sought restitution of the funds and cleaned its house when this became necessary, referring the matter to the police. It constantly fulfiled its responsibility to its staff, its subscribers, and its many friends.

The Review has done its job as a fiscally responsible institution.

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