THE ARTLESS ENGLISH
PICTURE FAKER'S VICTIMS
CANDOUR AT FRENCH TRIAL'
(Eeceivcd January 30, 2 p.m.)
PABIS, January 20. The trial of J. C. Millet, grandeom of the great painter, on a charge of gelling worthless pictures, opened at Fontaineble'au. The Court was crowded with experts and .others.
Millet, in the witness-box, vehemently denied that he was unpatriotic enough to defraud Frenchmen, but, he added, the English know nothing about art. (Loud laughter.) "You can sell anything to English and Americans." Millet added that the demand for his grandfather's pictures exceeded the supply so bo tried to meet it. He cajoled £7000 out of a London dealer.
Prosecuting counsel suggested that Millet only admitted the London frauds because he was protected b'y the Statute of Limitations.
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Evening Post, Issue 25, 30 January 1935, Page 12
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