Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 22, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Ken free chess 8 Winnipeg free press wednesday april 22, j981 Harper ruling reserved or. Justice Guy Kroft of Manitoba court of Queen s Bench reserved Deci Sion yesterday on defence motions for separate murder trials for Katie and Alexander Sandy Harper. The two Are charged jointly with murdering mrs. Harper s first Hus band John Down in 1959. At a hearing yesterday Hersh Wolch lawyer Tor mrs. Harper and David Margo is Sandy Harper s lawyer both argued the pair should be tried separa Tely. Crown counsel George Dangerfield maintained a joint trial is appropriate. Judge Kroft was to hand Down his decision today. The motions before him were to separate the charges against the harpers to quash the existing charge against Sandy Harper and to delay proceedings against Sandy Harper. If he accepts the motions a new indictment against Sandy Harper 62, will be drawn up by the Crown and his trial will Likely take place during the fall assizes while mrs. Harper s will Likely proceed May a. Sandy Harper s co counsel Ken Zaif Man said the joint indictment which would mean Sandy Harper would proceed direct to trial without a preliminary hearing is illegal because Manitoba s attorney general does not have enough jurisdiction to proceed in that fashion. Referring to an order from the supreme court that mrs. Harper 48, be Given a new trial because of Legal errors in her original trial Wolch said that by proceeding by Way of joint indictment the Crown is treating the order of the supreme court frivolously. About a month after a supreme court order for a new trial for mrs. Harper the Crown charged the jointly. Before hearing the motions yester Day judge Kroft denied a request by Margo is to Clear the Public from the courtroom. Margo is asked that the proceedings be held in camera because he said he Felt that any pre trial publicity would prejudice potential jurors preventing the accused from having a fair trial. Arguing against the motion danger Field said the proceedings were very much in the Public interest adding it would be a grave situation if the Public were to wonder what happened to cause the final outcome. Dangerfield said he did t want to see the trial embroiled in a controversy Over the rights of the press. Following Brief consideration of that request in private Chambers judge Kroft ruled against the motion saying that publicity is the hallmark of jus judge Kroft said he was relying on the press to use your Good judgment and to treat everything heard in court with the same discretion that would be used in a trial. 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Last thursday where they found the body of Irene shorting 34, of Rousseau Avenue West in a suite in the House. Police said an investigation revealed shorting had been involved in an argument with another woman at a party in the suite earlier in the evening. Police said the other woman allegedly attacked shorting with a Broom handle. A postmortem determined the shorting woman died from severe internal injuries caused by an object being forced up her rectum police added. Three persons were arrested later thursday in connection with the slay ing. A woman 33, appeared in court yesterday on a charge of second degree murder and was remanded without plea to april 28. A second woman 46, and a Man 62, Are being held As material witnesses As a result of the incident. Man charged in slashing a Man has been charged with at tempted murder following an incident saturday in which a woman s face was severely slashed during a fight in the beverage room of a main Street hotel. A Winnipeg police spokesman said yesterday the woman 32, was drinking in the beverage room of the Savoy hotel 686 main Street at about . When an argument broke out Between her and a Man. During the height of the argument the Man hit the woman in the face with what police believe was either a broken bottle or a broken Glass cutting off half her nose and causing a deep Gash extending from her forehead Down the Side of her face the police spokesman said. The woman was taken to the health sciences Centre where she was later reported in Good condition but will require plastic surgery. A Man 32, was arrested about four hours later in a Lipton Street Home and was charged with attempted Mur Der wounding with intent and possess ing a weapon for a purpose dangerous to the Public peace. He appeared in court yesterday and was remanded into custody without plea to Friday. Vandals remanded two 18-year-old men were remanded without plea to monday when they appeared in court yesterday on charges Irti Iii a vandalism spree in which a truck was driven Over three greens at the Southwood Golf and country club Over the Lawn of a Tunis Bay House and along the Boulevard on Avila Avenue. The two men one from Dauphin and the other from Rorketon Are facing four charges each of mischief in connection with the spree which resulted in More than damage. Police said the incident began Early saturday when a truck was driven across the sixth Green of the Golf course chewing up the grass with a series of Power turns and skids. A Short time later a truck was driven Over the Lawn in front of a Home at 75 Tunis Bay knocking Over a tree and Down the Centre Boulevard of Avila Avenue knocking Down three More Trees valued at about the following night vandals returned to the country club this time driving their truck Over two More greens again chewing up the grass. Police arrested the two suspects Sun Day in a residence at the University of Manitoba. A spokesman for the country club said although the damage can he re paired sufficiently to allow golfers to play on the greens it will be three or four months before the scars on the greens children blamed for fire Winnipeg police say two girls aged seven and eight Are responsible for an april 11 fire which resulted in the death of an Alfred Avenue resident. A police spokesman said yesterday an investigation has determined the two youngsters started the Blaze while playing with matches near a pile of cardboard boxes next to a duplex at 407 Alfred Street. A resident of the duplex John Lloyd Morrisseau 43, was seriously burned when he tried to escape and died in Hospital sunday. Although the Case will be referred to the children s Aid society criminal charges will not be Laid against the two children because of their age the police spokesman said. Three charged in rape three Winnipeg men were formally charged yesterday As a result of the alleged gang rape during the weekend of a 13-year-old girl. Two of the men one 23 and the usher 29, each face one charge of rape and one of having sexual Intercourse with a girl under 14. The third Man 21, is facing one charge of attempted rape and one of attempted sexual inter course with a girl under 14. The three appeared in court yesterday and were released on bail and remanded without plea to april 28. Police said the the girl was allegedly raped during a party saturday in a is. Anne s Road Home. Following he attack the girl fled to a nearby Home and called police who arrested the three suspects a Short time later. A fourth Man who was in the House at the time of the incident is being sough for questioning police added. Thief jailed two years a 20-year-old Man who pleaded guilty to a total of 60 charges arising out of a series of cottage break ins at while Shell provincial Park last november has been sentenced to two years in prison. Glen Allen Price of Winnipeg was sentenced in provincial judges court yesterday by judge Winston Norton who said the accused seemed to be involved in a Well planned scheme to ravage summer cottages at Dorothy Lake Redrock Lake and Caddy Lake. A co accused John William Bradley 22, was sentenced in january to three years in prison. Crown counsel John Peden estimated goods valued at More than were taken in the break ins while about Worth was recovered. Doors and windows in a number of cottages were damage although none appeared to have been ransacked the lawyer said. Peden said the stolen goods were sold to auction houses and Pawn shops. Judge Norton who noted Bradley appeared to be the Leader of the two sentenced Price to an additional year s probation. 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