Thornton and Ramsden motored round England, counsel continued, and in the course of the trips Thornton explained. a scheme whereby Lord Nuffield would be compelled to write three letters: one to his secretary explaining his absence, one to his bank ordering a letter of credit in the name of Dr. Webb, and a third identifying Thornton as Webb which vould be taken to the bank.
The procedure, Mr, Barham told the court, would' be for Ramsden to k/dnap Lord Nuffield and hold him in a yacht while Thornton negotiatea the letter of credit on the Continent, after which Lord NuMeld would be released, Thornion, he alleged, intended to approach Lord Nuffield as an American journalist anxious for an interview on hospital charities.
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