Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 3, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba Do it coff i i i i i i i i i u ii 16 Winnipeg free october 1985 i up photo Morgentaler vows to fight ruling Morgentaler left and Manning will Appeal court Toronto up Henry scrappy As Ever at the Prospect of a court vowed yesterday to continue to fight the monumental injustice of Canadas abortion Law while seeking leave to Appeal his latest court undaunted by an Ontario court of Appeal ruling that set aside a jury acquittal and ordered a new trial for him and two associates at his Toron to abortion Morgentaler said he hoped the supreme court of can Ada would Grant him leave to a neither Morgentaler nor his Law Morris could say when this decision would be but Legal procedures involved and the backlog of cases at the High court make it appear unlikely to occur this i at the level of the supreme 1 will get Justice and the women of this country will get the 63yearold Montreal doctor told a news flanked by Manning and occasionally interrupted by sarcastic chuckling from Ken a self styled evangelist who has set up an office next door to the abortion Morgentaler renewed his at tack on antiabortion nation Why should they b concerns with cells aft embryos when Chil Dren around the world Are starving to neglected he asked in an but on mannings would not be drawn into a discussion with who sat among the assembled reporters and later denounced Morgentaler As a hired gun who should be restrained by bail conditions Ferotti operating his clinic until his criminal charges Are Premier David Peterson said the government would not take Steps to shut Down the clinic nor proceed with other charges against Morgen Taler while his Case is before the John min ister of Community and social ser told reporters he would ask the Premier to take Steps to close the Morgentaler said he was surprised that a responsible person Sweeney would make that very irresponsible he also said he has sent telegrams to prime minister Mulroney and Federal Justice minister John Cros Bie asking them to introduce Legisla Tion to change the abortion which he described As schizophrenic and dangerous to the same Law applies in Quebec but it has riot been enforced there for eight he the govern ment of Quebec is violating the Why Doest Crosbie prosecute the government of Quebec abortions have been Legal in can Ada since 1969 under Section 251 of the criminal but under certain they May be performed in an accredited Hospital when approved by a committee of three doctors who must determine whether the pregnancy endangers the woman life or or in an unaccredited facility if the Provin Cial health minister gives his a Morgentaler had also been acquit Ted by three juries in his Montreal clinic landed him in court there the first time about 10 years ago and he spent 10 months of an 18month term in jail after the Quebec court of Appeal overturned his first acquittal and the supreme court of Canada upheld the High courts but an Appeal of the second jury acquittal was rejected ing his third the Quebec Justice department ordered a halt to further Morgentaler said the Appeal court decision to overrule the jury acquit Tal was an attack on our jury our last bastion to uphold Peoples the Appeal court was also critical that the jury was permitted to cide whether defence of necessity should apply in the Case when the panel said it was Clear that it should Manning said it would be difficult to try to use the defence of necessity in another Morgentaler trial but refused to say what approach he would although Morgentaler was Satis fied he will Likely be permitted to continue operations at his Toronto he would not say whether he will open his proposed clinic in Hali fax or other clinics in Canada until his current Case is he estimated that the Legal costs of his supreme court of Canada Appeal it is granted be anywhere from to Harrison fined for frauds Montreal up Robert har once a pillar of the business was sentenced to three months in jail on eight counts of fraud and conspiracy sessions judge Andre Chaloux also ordered former presi Dent of the Montreal Board of to pay a Fine within six months and serve 200 hours of Community judge Chaloux said Harrison endured profound humiliation be cause of extensive publicity Given the Case but must serve an exemplary sentence because his authority and prestige As a Public figure Ena bled him to easily win the Confidence of his the judge said it was almost impossible to determine How much Money was involved in Harrisons fraudulent who had been free on was relaxed As he was escorted away by prison switched plea he originally pleaded not guilty to 13 charges of fraud and All but one of them stemming from deals from 1980 to 1982 involving Les Ateliers Duvinage Hall a now defunct Montreal tooling company seeking Federal he later switched his plea to guilty on nine charges in Exchange for having four charges Harrison must appear in court 30 to be sentenced on a separate charge of defrauding a Montreal chapter of the Sisters of Charity of an estimated judge Cha Loux said Harrison would be sentenced to an additional stint of Community defence lawyer Peter Benning expressed satisfaction with Harrisons sentence and said parole officials May order Harrison to perform his Community work for the religious order by working on a project to set up shelters for people suffering through life the sentence was almost identical to what Benning and the Crown agreed upon in pre sentence argue the defence Howe had recommended that Harrison serve the jail term on lost everything the a former senior partner with the International accounting firm of touche Ross and is anxious to close the Chap Ter on his Legal troubles and Start Over the lawyer he has lost his his Posi his whom Harrison hired through Legal Aid when his first lawyer withdrew from the said his client would Likely have no difficulty raising the half must be paid within six months or Harrison will 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