Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 11, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg a act jury deliberates nearly six hours Pichor guilty of lesser charge b family court Experiment deferred again until 1979 a court of Queens Bench jury has found John Pichor guilty of second degree Mur Pichor had been charged with first degree which carries a mandatory 25 years in jail before parole but the jury of seven men and five women Friday convicted him of the lesser offence which carries a minimum 10year jail the jurors reached their verdict about Friday after nearly six hours of deliberation following a fou Day a truck was charged with murder last november after he stabbed his common Law wife Dorothy Christine she died almost immediately after suffering five slab including one that pierced her the stabbing was the Cul Fifon Fuff doom by Somme Frame colors Silver Gold Bronze translucent panel colors Diamond Topaz door size adjustable expanding doorframe Dizh because it is completely assembled nothing 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Blade Bent and still stained in Justice Scott Wright had told the jury that if they didst believe the murder was planned and de but still they should find Pichor guilty of second degree Mur if they believed he had been so drunk or so provoked that he didst intend to kill or didst realize what he was they should find him guilty of he told in his address to the Justice Wright added asked the jurors to consider whether a Man who was still sitting on a bed holding his dead wife his own hands still covered in and the knife nearby could have just committed a planned and deliberate Mur Der a finding necessary for first degree Crown attorney David Rampersad asked the jurors to consider Pichois own statement to police in which he told them when i took the it was my intention to kill but when Pichor took the witness stand for two Days in his own he said he recall getting the knife or stabbing his com Mon Law wife of 10 he could Only recall her words to him prior to the and being stunned he defence counsel Charles Phelan asked the jury to con Sider the amount of provocation and what would have been the reaction had anyone of them been told to leave their mate in the same Way Ledoux had ordered Pichor he also stressed the autopsy finding of Ledoux blood alcohol level at and said because of the amount of Pichois blood alcohol level would have been nearly As High at the time of the but police officers who arrived at the scene about 3 and found Pichor sit Ting on the bed with his wife and clutching her said he appeared sober despite a smell of alcohol on his they didst believe he was the police officers Christine a Crown witness at whose Home the drinking party had and who had let Pichor and Ledoux occupy the basement room after their own Resi Dence caught said Pichor had told his common Law wife earlier during the Day of 7 that he might kill if he didst leave Myran quoted him As telling hed kill sooner or Hydro recommends City return electric cars Winnipeg Hydro has re commended City Council re turn the three electric cars it has leased from the Provin Cial government for the last two calling them Over weighted and with slow acceleration and poor Brak a Hydro report to civic works operations com Mittee says it has become impossible to operate the vehicles As part of the regular City the electric cars were among seven purchased for by the provincial government from electric vehicle associates in the United states in the cars have a maximum Range of about 25 Miles Between Battery charges and a lop Speed of 35 Miles an the to be discussed says 1he leased experimental vehicles have had very limited use Over past two during which they were stationed at the Winnipeg Hydro garage for maintenance and extensive the City of Winnipeg City Centi Eft Rouge Community committee notice of meeting Date March 1978 place West committee 2nd Council civic 510 main Winnipeg time regular meeting concerning Community Busi Ness Public meeting to consider certain zoning including file Daz being a proposed zoning change to bylaw 16502 by rezoning land located at 210 212 Ruby Street from an r2a two family District to an r3 multiple family District to maintain a boarding House containing 13 tenants in an r2a two family District adjourned sine die by the former Midland Community com Mittee on july the cars experienced numerous breakdowns and Many design deficiencies be came apparent throughout the the manufacturer made promises to Correct the How their commitments were never the report says the City should incur no Cost in re turning the vehicles since they were obtained on a one year negotiated by for Mer mayor Steve Drivers of the vehicles included members of City Council As Well As the civic Manitoba finance minis Ter Don Craik has indicated the provincial government intends to either sell or do Nate the vehicles to anyone interested in them for re search by dec Oftle Sproat the Boniface unified family court originally scheduled to begin in met another setback Friday when actor Ney general Gerry Mercier announced it would be deferred until the 197980 fiscal speaking on Merciers be Premier Sterling Lyon told his weekly press Confer ence the deferral Doest mean we have lost interest in the we just dont have the the unified family court Experiment was expected to Cost million Over a three costs would be shared equally Between the Federal and provincial gov As in a similar Experiment in Lyon said that while million cos shared Over three years might not sound like a lot of half a million is an awful lot of Money when you Haven got former actor Ney general Howard Pawley condemned the government for setting the project aside for financial reasons and called it a continuation of this governments Bla Tant disc regard of the Many problems in family Law in Pawley agreed his own government had deferred the project but said the deferral had come at a much earlier had lasted Only six months and he himself want Happy As attorney general Over the deferral on our he added that Birt crus Sel la Harry Graham had criticized that deferring the project at this he Means a lot of Money already spent preparing for the project is going to be the new democratic party government announced last Spring the court would go into operation in september but delays in locating appropriate staff and the provincial election meant these plans we rent carried the Boniface unified family court would have had jurisdiction in All family Law matters within the county court District of including separa family child guardianship and partition and Sale of matrimonial the court would be a Divi son of the Manitoba court of Queens Bench with All Supe rior and county court judges of Manitoba designated As a spokesman for the Feder Al department of Justice said this was a very importance difference from other family court experiments that Are operating or planned be cause it gives a Chance to evaluate whether its bet Ter to have judges who do straight family Law or judges whose speciality is another difference be tween the Experiment Mani Toba had planned and others like the Hamilton court is that the Boniface court have had jurisdiction Over juvenile delinquency matters or criminal charges such As common As Sault within a the Federal spokesman said the Federal government is encouraging the develop ment of unified family court experiments to give the prov inces a Chance to decide whats the Best scheme for Pawley added that the Federal government had been unhappy when the project was deferred in octo Ontario Ham Ilton Wentworth project is the Only one being Cost shared equally by the Federal British Colum Bia started its own unified family court Experiment be fore the Federal government program came into existence while projects in Saskatchewan and Newfoundland Are still in the planning Craig a lawyer with the Ontario attorney generals said government social the clients and the court administration seem to be Happy with the Way the court in Hamilton has operated since it began in one of the main things that is better about it is that you can get everything you need at one place or be referred out from that Perkins he said its less intimidating and less confusing for the Hamilton court pm ploys two full time Concilia Tion officers who take refer rals from attempt to get the parties to resolve their disputes themselves or at least narrow the dispute or refer them to counsellors or outside social judges arc available but Are regarded As a last Perkins in his Mer Cir suggested that Manito Bas county courts could be come unified family he said this could be done by giving the county court full jurisdiction in All marital and family Law matters by making county court judges local judges of the court of Queens Bench throughout the Pawley rejected this saying Mercier was flying in the face of the position taken by attorney general right across the attorney general dont feel Constitution matters pertaining to family Law should be transferred to the county court without a lot of thought and without being thoroughly convinced it is the Correct move to he also said a suggestion by Mercier that consideration would be Given to allow ing the courts to ask the of fice of the Public trustee to act As a childrens advocate in marital or family disputes would answer a Childs financial problems but answer emotional or other Allen interim chairman of Legal Aid Manitoba Winnipeg lawyer Frank Allen has been named interim chairman of Legal Aid Only a few weeks after completing an investigation of the service As a member of the governments ask Force on organization and attorney general Gerry Mercier announced Friday that immediate past president of the Law society of would succeed Roland who re signed As chairman of the society Board of directors in in a Mercier also announce the appoint ment of Paul Lynx log of Short Alc As a new citizen member of the re Frank Allen placing Adam Cut hand who also has who is in private practice with a City Law was called to the bar in 1952 and later served for seven years As a Crown counsel with the provincial attorney generals Lynx leg has been the band administrator of the Valley River Indian Reserve since Mercier said Lynx leg was chosen because he has demonstrated a keen in sight into the social and economic problems of treaty Indian other members of the so Cletys Board Are Jeffrey Oli Daisy Lloyd Lawrence Richard Paul Donald Brown and Douglas Pater grand opening the overlooking charming Tyndall Lake and surrounded by reel which it unparalleled in for the Shoreline la daa Gnad with attached individual sundeck overlooking the and your very own the Preckl Leaf Haven been forgotten each Home la equipped with a Washer and treat tree refrigerator and a main floor powder and luxury luf h decorator designed woo burning and much the Shoreline the comforts that your Home never two and three bedrooms rent from 6331601 King Edward to the drive North on Keewatin to then weat an a Bine Way notice of hearing by rent review officer schedule of hearings to be held on applications made to the Manitoba rent review 790 Mcphillips March room 379 Broadway 633 Manchester March room 379 Broadway 430 Stra Brook March room 379 Broadway 90 landside March room 379 Broadway 327 Edison Avenue March room 379 Broadway Faizul rent review Manitoba rent review 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 Man Mil picket will demand not speeches the Manitoba federation of labor Mil does not want to hear anything from provincial government representatives when it stages a two hour demonstration on the Steps of the legislative building March 16 to protest against High not will be the message the Mil will try to get across to the government of Premier Sterling Lyon at noon on the opening Day of the new legislative labor federation president Nels Thibault said Thibault said pamphlets will be distributed soon by a special committee of the Mil which has been established to push for full the committee is made up of a Broad spectrum of labor text tic spacious 2 and 3 bedroom townhouse apartments cozy Wood burning fireplace Lush shag carpeting Washer and dryer Frost Rte fridge dishwasher captivating Forest View rent from drive weat on Grant Avenue to Oakdale turn right to Oak Dale 23403 Oakdale representatives and the in unemployment and its attendant problems Cut across All party the urgent need for jobs accommodates a broadly based Thibault said in his statement the Pam and other measures planned by the committee Are aimed at pressurising the government into Job creation programs and con Sumer tax a pamphlet published by the Mil says putting to work the 18 per cent Plant production capacity now standing Idle in Manitoba would mean jobs and income for the farm credit Bill introduced in commons Ottawa up Legisla Tion that would allow farm ers to borrow More Money from the farm credit corporation was Given first Reading in the commons Fri the Bill would increase the loan ceiling for Farmers to under the existing farm credit Farmers under the age of 35 Are allowed to borrow up to and Farmers older than 35 Are restricted to Loans of or the proposed changes recognize that the need for credit does not Stop at a particular agriculture minister Eugene a Chelan said in a another change Whelan proposed is that More than one Farmer from one farm a father and for exam ple would both be permit Ted to apply for ;