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Additional monies were obtained when we were children
from sale of livestock, father had farm and would give
us cows, etc. and when sold at stockyards we [received]
proceeds, same way with other farm items, tobacco crop,
hay, corn, etc. Unknown as to the amounts from above,
but do remember numerous [occasions] when this was
done, I am thinking that this was a major portion of
the money.
Petitioner also wrote that relatives had given Sandra and him
cash gifts for their wedding, although he did not specify the
amounts or donors, except for the $5,000 given to the couple by
Sandra's grandfather. In addition, petitioner wrote that his
relatives had given him gifts for birthdays, Christmas, and other
occasions, although he was unable to recall dates and amounts.
After the written statement was prepared, Hensley requested
that petitioner provide her with Marilyn's telephone number and
address in order for Hensley to verify that his parents had given
him cash as he claimed. She then tried to call his mother, but
no one answered the telephone. Shortly thereafter, Sandra
returned home. She suggested that petitioner seek professional
advice and asked Hensley to leave.
Hensley met again with petitioner in September 1992, in the
office of his attorney, David W. Gray (Gray). At that time,
petitioner told her that the information he had previously given
her in the written statement was incorrect. Petitioner said that
he had actually been given a large amount of cash in a canister
by his great-grandfather when petitioner was 15 years old.
Petitioner said that the money contained in the canister
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