Reginald Maudling buying an underground ticket, London

Dec. 12, 1973 - I saw Maudling Drunk - Poulson's alleged statement: Accused architect John Poulson found former Home Secretary Reginald Maudling In his shirtsleeves and drunk one afternoon when he went to see him, a court was told yesterday, This was at a time when Mr. Maudling was associated with a company - the Real Estate Fund of America which, according to Poulson, Mr. Maudling hoped would make him not a millionaire but a billionaire. This dramatic evidence came in a 30, 000 word statement, allegedly made by Poulson, which was read to the jury at Leeds Crown Court yesterday the 19th day of the trial of Poulson and George Pottinger, a civil servant, who both deny charges of corruption. Photo shows Mr. Maudling, the former Home Secretary, buying an underground ticket at Westminster, when homeward bound yesterday

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