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 fact that the informant had given specific information of the defendant's appearance and manner which observations by the officers could corroborate. The courts have held that information given by persons under arrest or by their friends is entitled to credence so that when it is corroborated only slightly the total circumstances can and do amount to probable cause for an arrest. See Thomas v. United States, 281 F. 2d 132 (C.A. 8), certiorari denied, 364 U.S. 904, where the court found probable cause for an arrest in statements by relatives of thieves that stolen property had been sold to the defendant. Indeed, the court below in Rodgers v. United States, 267 F. 2d 79 (C.A. 9),