Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 26, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba A Winnipeg free january 1985 racing Agency refuses to defend itself in court Wayne free press by David Obrien the Manitoba horse racing comity Mission will not defend itself in court monday against allegations that it is unfair and ignores its own commission chairman Allan Chisvin said lawyer Lawrence Greenberg has filed documents in court of Queens Bench alleging that the commission has arbitrarily denied a proper hearing to several harness Drivers he Green bergs allegations Are being investigated by ombudsman Gordon who confirmed yesterday he has begun making inquiries into commission Greenberg said he will ask Justice Theodore Glowacki on Mon Day to quash a commission order which dismissed the appeals of the Drivers on charges they violated racing the Case scheduled to be heard last but judge Glowacki adjourned it because he said the attorney generals department should be notified that the commis Sion didst want to be represented by Greenberg Neville acting director of civil said he had asked Assiniboia Downs racing supervisor Robert Topley if he wanted the department to provide a lawyer to represent the she Den said Topley responded he didst have the authority to request that a lawyer be Chisvin said he want aware of the departments he said the video censorship by police rejected by Murray Mcneill Winnipeg police should not be expected to act As censors for video shop owners who claim to have difficulty determining if a tape is a judge said i dont think the police should provincial judge Ian do Bienski in i dont think anyone should censor except those people responsible for Dis Tribu the judge was responding to criticism of police by a lawyer acting for Winnipeg video shop which pleaded guilty to possessing an obscene video cassette for Bruce Christall said his Adis has made a concerted Effort to avoid handling any tapes which might be legally Large volume but he said the sheer volume of cassettes handled by the shop makes it very difficult for the owner to View All of Christall complained that despite requests for police help in determining what tapes were vice officers have refused to but judge Ubienski said the role of police is to investigate com not act As their responsibility is not to Cen Sor or to guide he they dont have to do that with any other Adis was charged after police raided its Lombard place outlet last March and seized about six video cassettes suspected of being of the shop was prosecuted for one tape called the stores guilty plea netted a Fine of Christall said the which deals with a psychiatric Hospital Escapee who goes on a killing slaying and decapitating does not contain scenes of hardcore it is the scenes of violence which Are most objection but he argued the movie contains no More violence than Many other films which have been shown in local theatres and on he cited examples such As death scar face and the Texas Chainsaw Christall said movies containing scenes of extreme violence have become and it appears people like to see such this makes a distributors task of determining what is permissible that much More he my client is an honest Man who tries to be responsible in this area of the Law and finds it very he adding that similar prosecutions could be avoided if police were More judge Ubienski said he could sympathize with distributors and the the problems they face in try ing to screen All incoming but unfortunately that is a responsibility he assumes in his the judge he is the one who is ultimately responsible for ensuring that he is not breaking the commission didst plan to defend itself because it was a minor matter and lawyers Are Greenberg represents 10 harness Drivers who were convicted and fined 3 by track judges for failing to properly contest races under Standar bred racing Greenberg said the Drivers immediately went to the commission to Appeal the judgments and were Given documents to on the commission sent letters to the Drivers notifying them that their appeals would be heard he the letters were left in their personal boxes at the track and some didst receive he Greenberg said he want pre pared on 14 and objected to the hearing going he claimed the commission had violated one of its own rules requiring that notice of a hearing Date should be sent by registered mail to the rules also say appellants must be Given five Days notice of the instead of the four Days notice that was he Greenberg said the commission then questioned whether the Drivers had properly completed the Appeal even though the forms had been provided by and accepted by the at that Greenberg said the commission offered to waive its threat to dismiss the appeals if he would not object to the Appeal proceeding right the lawyer said he refused to make the Deal and the commission then dismissed the All lathered up University of Manitoba students get All lathered up Over the Prospect of winning prizes during the fantastic Foamy frolic to they had to find numbered Ping Pong balls in a Pool of shaving grassroots leaders Job Safe the Federal immigration depart ment has attempt to fire Manitoba grassroots Leader Grant Russell for health Russell said he received a hand delivered letter yesterday from Brian the departments Mani Toba saying that a recommendation to the Federal Public service commission that he be fired had been Evan a representative of the Canada employment and immigration said the Deci Sion followed testimony by a govern ment doctor that Russell May be Able to return to on sick leave from the department since was told in november he would be fired because it appeared his health would keep him away he appealed to the which heard the departments Case at a 17 hearing in the Appeal was to continue Mon Day but Heidinger said management has asked it be adjourned the Union official said the depart ment had based part of its Case at the hearing on april 1983 reports on russells medical but he said Russell had heart bypass surgery last summer and a government doctor told the hearing this could allow him to return to said it will be about 18 months before he knows whether the operation will allow him to work he was warned Early last year that his activities with an umbrella group opposed to offi Cial conflicted with a Federal government policy against employees taking an Active role in he said he filed a grievance Over the matter even though he the government didst pursue Russell said he will now consider resigning from government 1 certainly want going to resign under the he Fence sentenced to prison one of the last of about 80 suspects arrested last year during a police crackdown on the Sale of stolen property was sentenced yesterday to one year in Gary Stewart was sentenced after pleading guilty to five charges of possessing goods obtained by Pineo was arrested last May after a seven month undercover sting operation by Winnipeg police and provincial court judge Ian do Bienski was told Pineo was arrested after Selling about Worth of stolen goods to an undercover ramp officer for about Crown attorney Terry Mackean said the goods were sold to the officer Over a nine Day period in november when Pineo was running fencing operation out of the Westminster motor hotel Bever age Mackean said the stolen during House included television Home video equipment and he said conversations Between Pineo and the officer indicated he had close ties with those responsible for the Pineo was running a and that business was Selling stolen Mackean noting that Pineo has two pre Vious convictions for property of fences and new offences were the Crown argued that a jail term was but Pines Fermie asked the judge to consider a suspended sentence and disputed Mackeand suggestion that Pineo was a big time he was a Petty Wilder she said Pineo got in Selling stolen goods after his com Mon Law wife 17yearold son committed a series of breaking and asked him to get rid of the Wilder said it was the police who approached Pineo and asked if he had guns or other goods to she said Pineo also told her that an undercover officer tried to get him to steal cars and commit break ins and offered to Supply him with sawed off shotguns and tools to break into judge Ubienski dismissed the Al saying there is no suggestion that anyone was coerced or sex offender fears wife discovery a James Man convicted of sexually assault ing three teenage boys wants to continue keeping his wife in the dark about the his lawyer said Mary Mcmanus told provincial court the married since fears hell lose his spouse the most important thing to him she Leams the provincial judge Frank Allen said he was disturbed by the adding that the mans wife must be terribly naive in View of police visits to their Home and a court appearance by one of his two the who reserved sentencing to also suggested there was less Chance of the mans rehabilitation without his spouses knowledge and the 42yearold self employed Man was convicted last september of assaulting three boys who were friends of his eldest the assaults took place Between june 1982 and july 1983 in Winnipeg and at the mans cottage near Nuti Mik on the Man was acquitted on charges of buggery and indecent assault against a fourth Crown attorney Jannine Lemere yesterday asked the court to impose a lengthy prison term to show society revulsion for the she said the Man used his position As a sports As Well As his sons Friendship with the to prey upon the Lemere said the Man has shown no remorse for his which she said have caused personality changes in the victim Impact reports read by Lemere said the three boys Are More have Shorter tempers and Are less tolerant than before the assaults in asking for Mcmanus described her client As a highly regarded member of the Community who has already suffered More than the three she said he was ashamed that his two sons know about his sexual he was also subjected to a lengthy police arrested three times and 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