WORTHLESS PAINTINGS
SIX MONTHS IN PRISON SALES BY ARTIST'S GRANDSON PABIS. Feb. 27 J. C. Millet, grandson of the famous painter of "The Angelus," and Cazht, an accomplice, were sentenced to liiix months' imprisonment for selling valueless paintings. Cazot's former wife was sentenced to three months's imprisonment. The three, conjointly, were ordered to pay one art dealer, M. Michau, £I6OO as damages. In the course of his trial accused vehemently denied that he was unpatriotic enough to defraud Frenchmen, but added: "The English know nothing about art. (Loud laughter.) You ciitn sell anything to English and Americans." Accused added that the demand for his grandfather's pictures exceeded the supply, so he tried to meet it. He and Cazof, obtained £7OOO from a London dealer. Prosecuting counsel suggested that Millet only admitted the London frauds because he was protected by the statute of limitations.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22047, 1 March 1935, Page 9
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143WORTHLESS PAINTINGS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22047, 1 March 1935, Page 9
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