Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 9, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba Dream houses can become polity occasionally sunny moderate winds High 10 Low 15 Winnie for february 1980 press jury convicts sex nil Boss Montreal up former president of the National hockey and business Man Gordon Brown were found guilty yesterday of conspiracy to bribe senator Louis Giguere in the so called sky shops after almost 24 hours of an 11member Quebec Superior court jury found that Campbell and Brown had conspired to give a Benefit to the Liberal senator in Exchange for his influence in obtaining from the Federal government a lease Extension for the sky shops Export duty free shop at Dorval International a 12th juror had been excused earlier because of verdicts conflict the verdict conflicts directly with a jury finding Here that Sena Tor Giguere himself was not guilty of conspiring to accept the bribe and of actually accepting under court precedents on conspire the inconsistent verdicts open the to a defence Appeal against con defence lawyer Harvey said Only that Appeal is under and were released unconditionally to await a 26 hearing for lawyers arguments on this Means Brown can return to his Home and business in the Bahamas for two he also has Homes in Vermont and Campbell resides in they face a maximum sentence of five the two were actually found guilty on two conspiracy one to give Giguere the the other to have him accept but after a Short recess following the judge Justice Melvin Rothman ordered the court clerk not to Register the guilty verdict on the second count of conspiring to have Giguere accept the it is Clear that an accused cannot be convicted on two counts for exactly the same Justice Roth Man evidence during the six week trial showed that Brown and the late Louis a businessman and sky shops transferred 000 company shares in 1972 to Giguere at a Price of sold under value the Price was Well below Market Giguere later sold his shares for each when ownership of sky shops passed to another he netted on the one of the conditions for the Sale was that the lease be extended debate centred on whether Giguere actually did help obtain the lease Extension and whether Campbell or Brown knew anything about this aspect of the share Transfer a prosecution claim they firmly Justice Rothman said there had been no evidence to show there were two separate James free to Tess Sun rises Moon rises sets final 200 30t with coloured cosh is for Home 9439331 i to a chs Lof outside cily liberals still hold 17point Lead in poll Kozak tests Waif Eis cd Acclise jockey Boyd Kozak checks out the equipment in the stereo Krcs new sister which conies on air the station Isi of strangely civilized Battle for your attention now taking place on Winnipeg radio Public support for the Liberal party has dropped slightly but the still leads the progressive conservatives by a 17point according to a Gallup poll released the poll was based on inter views from 31 to 2 Little More than two weeks before the 18 Federal election and just a few Days after the Rescue of the american diplomats by the Canadian embassy in the poll also shows that the number of people who were undecided has dropped to 10 per cent from hostility to Clark dims in up the National with the undecideds included Are liberals conservatives nip other parties 2 the table adds up to More than 100 because of the 17percentagepoint National Lead is a slight reduction from the 21point advantage the liberals had in a similar Gallup Survey but will win the election if they hold on to such a Pous of this size Are accurate to within four percentage Points either Way 19 times out of which Means the Liberal Lead could be anywhere from 13 to 21 per part of the Large margin is accounted for by he liberals being supported by 72 per cent of All voters in their traditional stronghold of an increase of 10 per cent from the May 22 e urges s right to Appeal by Ritchie Gage parliament should abolish the crowns right to Appeal a Winnipeg county court judge George Lockwood said in an judge Lockwood said defence counsel should retain the right of Appeal to seek reduced but the crowns right to pursue heavier penalties should the crowns Only intention when appealing a said the is to increase jail we dont want people in he said later in an where we want people out of because prison is a defence counsel Only should have the right of because they want to Lessen the judge was addressing a seminar sponsored by the Manitoba society of criminology and the Winnipeg Branch of the United nations of Canada at the International judge Lockwood has two years experience in county court and four years Par time experience in provincial judges criminal the abolition of Crown Appeal has worked Well in other said judge he said the crowns Appeal in the Henry Morgentaler abortion Case Over ruled three jury trial which found him not Matte was appealed to the supreme court of Canada which found him guilty an sentenced him to 18 in of judge lock Woods views on chief Justice Samuel freed Nan of the Manitoba court of Appeal refused to judge Lockwood also said the Cana Dian penal system is the needs and Manit Baia jails Are loaded with people who Sho Spaht be election 8o c Pierre Trudeau has been turned into a Windup Allan Fotheringham la the Hobby horse the pcs Rode to Power in mortgage remains an la Dauphin pc candidate Orville Heschuk is already assuming the tactics of one who knows to is in in the Liberal landslide in Quebec will be even greater than last May when the party won 67 of the 75 and they will accomplish it without even breaking into a Gallup poll but Gallup also reported the liberals Are maintaining the margin of slightly less than 20 percentage Points it found in the 35 poll in which contains 95 seats considered the key to any in the May 22 the conservatives see Clark Page 4 proposal includes women in draft Washington a Carter proposed yesterday that Ameri can men and women aged 19 and 20 Register for military prob ably beginning this eighteen Jearolds would be included in the program beginning next declaring that equal obligations de serve equal Carter became the first president to suggest draft for White House officials said Carter will sign an executive order next week requiring Young men to Register for the military but he needs congressional approval of his plan to include women in the congressional leaders have expressed Strong doubts that Congress will go along with the plan to Register noncombat service in the announcement of his draft registration Carter made it Clear women would be registered for noncombat service but he did not specify whether he would include them in any actual military and aides said it is the program would affect million women and four million who announced his plan to revive the draft registration program in his state of the Union address to Congress last linked the need for registration directly to the soviet military move into actual registration of Young men probably will begin this after Congress appropriates the extra million the president has requested for the selective service inside today what spy Pul learn what would soviet spy learn from the lips of Ordinary canadians columnist Paul Sullivan says hed find out were All agog Over to we Stojil pig out on fast food and hell confuse the tories with the rhinos that just for Viet change unlikely the first major governor rent shakeup in 35 years in communist Vietnam will have Little effect on its Strong soviet ties and hostility to the analysts losing jets bore crowd Home starts fund drive pregnant teens Giet help labor ruling reserved the of directors of Middle Church Home has launched a fundraising drive to build a new Wing designed to eliminate the smallest crowd of the year started toward the exits with 13 minutes left in the jets game last night As Winnipeg was thrashed by their basement the Washington mobility problems Lor pregnant teenagers Are continue their education and Leairn How to Cope with and care for their babies special school set up in the i Quebec dignity eroded Index English Canadas hostility toward even the slightest use of is a constant erosion put Premier Rene Levesque declared yesterday j 1 peking hot urged defence Secretary Harold Brown has suggested installation of a hot line to link Washington to peking so the two countries can coordinate responses to the soviet invasion of the Manitoba Fabor Board reserved its ruling on charges of unfair labor practice filed on behalf of Jijine supermarket workers who claim joining 3 14 anytime Birdex business careers Cansino classified crossword deaths Doug Small entertainment focus forum Fotheringham Home finder Horoscope Jumble Pule 41 26 29 61 17 49 41 41 j scores 17 7 6 hockey nil 65 29 36 Atlanta 4 Edmonton 2 Washington 6 Winnipeg 3 Coto ado 4 Hartford 4 ;