Day 077 - 25 Jan 95 - Page 68
1 middle aged?
2 A. Yes, 34, 37.
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4 Q. Was he in charge of the company the group then?
5 A. Yes.
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7 Q. Did you know him in those days 1983, 11 years ago?
8 A. Yes.
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10 Q. Did you trust him?
11 A. Absolutely.
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13 Q. The first document has a date stamp on it "Paid 21st July
14 1983". I can tell you that the words above the stamp ----
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16 MS. STEEL: There is more than one with that date on it. Can
17 you identify it a bit more?
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19 MR. RAMPTON: Page 1 of tab 3.
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21 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do you have page numbers on yours?
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23 MS. STEEL: Yes.
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25 MR. RAMPTON: The words above, and I can tell you this because
26 I have the original, the stamp "Dock Office 15th July 1983"
27 read as follows: "Under charged on invoice dated
28 20.6.83." I do not know if you can make that out on the
29 copy or not. We can see in the right-hand column there is
30 the princely sum of £2.68. What does that tell you about
31 the nature of this document?
32 A. It is an extra invoice for an under charged and we had
33 to pay them a further £2.68.
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35 Q. The next document which should be numbered 2 in the file,
36 this is also a Weddel document addressed to McKey Food
37 Services Limited, on the left-hand side it says "Mark
38 Weddel". It is dated underneath the paid stamp 20th June
39 1983. The left-hand column "Mark Brazil Weddel, quantity
40 603" and then C/S is cases?
41 A. Cases.
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43 Q. B/L?
44 A. Boneless Ox Chucks.
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46 Q. Whose gross weight is 32454 pounds, I think, yes?
47 A. Yes.
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49 Q. Tare is what?
50 A. Tare is the packaging weight.
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52 Q. So that is subtracted and you get a net weight of 31,158
53 pounds?
54 A. Yes.
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56 Q. That is English avoir de poids -- pounds?
57 A. Yes.
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59 Q. Then there is a price which is of no significance. The
60 next document, which in the original I tell everybody is
