Called "Couple of Crooks" by Witness London, Jan. 23.
Fred Willing, one of the defendants a case for alleged fraud which is! being heard at the Old Bailey, gave evidence at the resumed hearing of the case yesterday.
The defendants, of whom the other two are Denis Corrigan and James Willing, are charged with having conspired with a Chinese, T. H. Chou, and others, unknown, to defraud Mr. Theodore Laütte, manager of a Paris firm for.the manufacture and sale of arms, of £7,250.
Willing described himself to the court as a Netherlands subject of British descent.
He said that he joined his son's business as adviser in 1936, and had known Corrigan for about 15 years, seeing him "at race-courses in Belgium, where Corrigan was well-known."
Witness said that he did not do any business with Corrigan, "I just raised my hat when we met," he declared.
Speaking of the alleged arms deal, he said that he was "furious when my son informed me that Mr. Lafitte's £5,250 had been handed over to Cor-ngan in cash, against Chou's receipt. Willing said that he told his son that such transactions were never paid in cash, and that he "should know better."
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