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12 THE BRUSSELS POST„ FEBRUARY 7, 1979.
BLUEWATER SHRINE CLUB — A unit of Mocha Temple,
London, held their annual meeting and installation of officers,
Wednesday, January 24th. Pi ?, dinner meeting at the Bedford
Hotel, Goderich. Approxima+nly 60 members were present.
Shown are, front row, Itit to right: Noble Wilmar Wein,
Crediton; Director, Nobel Charles Proctor, Clinton, Director;
Illustrious Potentate of Mocha Temple, Dr. Clinton Bell, Port
Stanley, Installing Officer; Noble Ron Forester, Lucknow,
President; Noble Wm. Turnbull, Immediate Past President,
Brussels; Noble Glen Chesney, Seaforth, Director. Second
Row, left to right: Noble Bill Schade, Dashwood, Director;
Noble Tony Johnston, Lucknow, Director; Noble Martin
Andrews, Bayfield, Director; Noble Harry Hamilton, Grand
Bend, Director; Noble Gord Baxter, Wingham, Director.
Play
euchre in
Belgrave
Eight tables of euchre
were played last Wednesday
evening at the Belgrave
Week Euchre. The winners
were: High Lady - Mrs.
Clarence Hanna; High Man -
William Black; Low Lady
mrs. Edgar Wightman; Low
Man - Edgar Wightman;
Novelty Lady - Mrs. William
Black; Novelty Man - James
R. Coultes.
There will be another
euchre next week, everyone
welcome.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Logan Kevin and Trevar of
Wyoming, Mr. and Mrs.
Barry Logan, Michael and
Shawn of Burlington spent
the weekend with Mrs. Cliff
Logan.
Kenneth Wheeler
accompanying Rev. Stanley
McDonald of Londesboro left
on Tuesday morning on a
motor trip to Florida.
Got a ticket? Booklet tells your rights
mit to a roadside screening
test fall under the Criminal
Code.
A number of other offen-
ces, including dangerous
driving, criminal negligence
in the operation of a motor
vehicle and failing to 'remain
at the scene of the accident
can be treated either as
summary offences, with fines
up to $500 or six months in
jail or they can be treated as
indictable offences with'
lengthier imprisonment and
suspension of your driver's.
licence.
DEFENCES
In each of the charges
discussed, the author points
out possible defences and
also advises the reader about
facts which can't be used as a
defence. He also outlines the
possible fines and the de-
merit points which can result
if you're convicted of the
charge.
Glen Rivard's book on the
rules and regulations of
using our public highways
isn't meant to be a subsitute
OIL WELL SAFETY PLUGS
One hundred and eighty-
eight oil and gas wells were
drilled in Ontario last year,
bringing the total to more
than 60,000 wells drilled
since 1858. But most people
aren't aware that the Minist-
ry of Natural resources and
other agencies supervise the
plugging of dozens of these
holes every year—hazardous
wells that havb been used
up, abandoned and are pot-
ential safety hazards. Thirty-
six such holes were plugged
in 1977.
guide which can assist you in
responding to a traffic charge
- determining if you're guilty
or not and guide you in
taking your defence to court.
Being familiar with the law
is your best defence!
for the services of a lawyer,
but it is a clearly-written
Book early to
avoid airfare
price increases
FOR MORE
INFORMATION CALL:
BY ALICE GIBB
Anyone who's been nab-
bed for speeding, fined for
failing to obey a stop sign or
pulled over for driving too
slowly, should be interested
in Highway Traffic Law, a
new book published by Com-
munity Legal Education
Ontario (CLEO).
The book certainly won't
tell anyone who's guilty of an
offence how to "beat the
rap"- but it does present a
valuable introduction both to
the Canadian legal system in
-general and the Highway
Traffic Act in particular.
The book's author, Tor-
onto lawyer Glen Rivard,
starts by dealing with broad-
er topics such as plea bar-
gaiiiing, whether or not y ou
should hire a lawyer tc
defend you and the results of
pleading guilty to a charge.
From there, the author
moves to more specific topics
such as technical defences
which can be used when the
case comes to court and other
defences which can mean the
difference between paying a
hefty fine or being acquitted
of the charges.
Highway Traffic Law is
one of 16 booklets published
by the legal education organ-..
ization, with other books in
the series like Buying and
Selling a Home, Menta
Health and the Law, Munici•
pal Law, Landlord and Ten.
ant Law and Youth and the
Law.
Community Legal Edu-
cation Ontario (CLEO),
which originated as the
Toronto Community Law
Program, was established to
respond to the needs of the
public for basic information
about the law and the legal
process.
LAY PEOPLE
The organization wasn't
founded to turn lay people
into lawyers or to persuade
the public they can defend
themselves in the courtroom,
Instead, the group operates
on the premise that while
legal advice is available to
the public through lawyers
and legal aid services, there.
no source of legal education
for the community.
By offering courses and
publishing books on basic
law, the organization hopes
the public can better protect
their rights, know the legal
remedies available and deal
with lawyers from a more
informed position. •
One of the more valuable
chapters of the books dis-
cusses how readers can use a
technical defence which may
result in charges against
them being dismissed.
A technical defence, quite
simply, is an objection to the
legal forms or procedure
followed before your trial.
There are six main tech-
nical defences used by the
legal profession - that the
offence doesn't exist; the
description of the location of
the alleged offence is not
complete; the location de-
scribed doesn't exist; your
name is misspelled on the
information or ticket sum-
mons; your address is wrong
or the service of the sum-
mons or laying the infor-
mation was late.
For example, compare the
charge as laid out in the
Highway Traffic Act' with
the words describing the
charge which appears on
your ticket or summons.
DISCREPANCY
If you discover there is a
descrepancy between what
you're charged with and the
official charge under the
HTA, then before you plead
guilty or not guily, tell the
judge you're charged with an
offence that doesn't exist.
When you raise the object-
ion, the judge will consider
the situation and either dis-
miss the charge against you,
or decide you're wrong and
go on with the trial.
Another technical defence
might be late service of the
summons. For offences
under the Highway Traffic
Act, you must be served the
summons within 21 days of
the alleged offence.
Under general defences
discussed in the book, the
author points out it is always
a defence to a traffic charge
to say you acted as you did to
avoid a greater danger.
For example, if you're
charged with improper pass-
ing, you could offer the
defence that your actions
were necessary to avoid an
accident. A defence of neces-
sity can sometimes result in a
reduced sentence, even
when it can't acquit you of
the charges.
The author discusses both
the major and more common
traffic offences which can be
committed 'under the High-
way Traffic Act and "indict-
able" offences which fall
under the Criminal Code. For
example, the six drinking
offences from driving while
impaired to refusing to sub-
Anyone wishing to pur-
chase the titles in the
Community Legal Education
Ontario booklets can send
$2.00 plus postage to the
organization at 105 Daven
port Road, Toronto, Ontario,
M5R 1H6.
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