The Huron Expositor, 1979-11-29, Page 31BY AIS ORO
Kenneth Beverley Wright,.
33,. of RR 2, Seaforth was
found guilty in county eourt,.
100404 on Thursday of
attempting, todefraud the
Crop Insurance Comnussion
Of Ontano.
in passing the sentence,
Judge Francis Carter tad the
xourt, "1 am satisfied the
acetised had both, the: intent:
to defraud. and acted upptps
that intent by signing the
yield, loss form."
"
Mr. Wright will be sen-
tenced on December lI, and
was released on .his own
• recognizance until that time.,
This is the first time a case
of attempted fraud against
the Ontario • Crop Insurance
Commission has come to
court, in the 13 years -s of the.
commision's, history,
In an interview following;
the trial, Walter Bain, area,
mans ger in the Stratford.
office of the commission,.
said the case "will certainty
set• a precedent for the:
commission." He said there
are other cases in the pro-
vince which; may now be
brought to court..
He said, "Westill have
some right in this immediate
area that we're looking at."'
Mr. Bain's jurisdiction, coy
ers Huron,. Bruce, Perth,
Waterloo and part of Oxford'.
and Middlesex counties, The
Ontario Crop Insurance Com-
mission insures' "approx-
imately 38 different crops"
according to Mr, Bain,
The area manager said,
"99.9 per cent of the farmers
are honest and it's unfair to
those who are 'trying to do.
the, right thingi to have this
(the attempted fraud case)
happen-"
Kenneth Wright. was
charged with selling 38,700
pounds of his ownwhite
beans to ..the Ontario Bean
Grower's Co-operative :in`.
Seaforth under the name of
Gordon Dale, a neighbouring.
farmer. The ' 1:rown charged
that when Mr. Wright filed
his crop loss report in Nov-
ember, 1978 with the. Ontario
Crop Insurance agent; Peter
Roy of .Clinton, he didn't
notify the commission of the
sale: of beans in Mr. Dale's
name,
Under the -crop insurance
agreement made for .his. 70
acres of white beans, Mr.
Wright was insured for the
difference between his actual
yield and 63,616 pounds of
white beans under the guar-
anteed poundage agreement
with the commission.
Mr: Wright sold " 17;810
pounds of white beans to the
Bean Growers' Co.op under
his own name.
The crown claimed Mr
Wright should have 'claimed.
crop insurance for only 7,106
pounds..of white beans, in-
stead of for the 45,806
pounds which were the sub
'ject of his claim.
when he visited the farms "r
Following the visit to the
Wright farm, the two- adjUStr
ers went to the Bean Grow.
ers' Co-op office, and aaw
manager Allan Bntaen,, '
While, examining the
weigh tickets iia. Mr.
Wrigbt's name in the files,
Mr. Ross. Pet cad receipt
H4937, made main the name
1 orlon Dile, for 38,700.
pounds of white beans with a,
moisture content of 21.6 peer
cent and a 'pick of 12 Per
Cent,.
Mr. RosS:'told the court itis
highly unusual to see two
Separate loads of beans with.
exactly the same moisture
content and pick. Mr, Ross
testified, "The moisture and.
pick on white beans may vary
possibly hour by hour on the
same field."
OPP VISITED
After discovering; the Dale
receipt, Mr. Rossreported
his investigation to, Const-
able Lorne Carter of the
Goderich, O.P.P. detach-
ment, Constable Carter visit-
ed the Bean Growers' Co-op
on Dec. 14, 1978, to check
the recbrds; and: on Jan., 4,
1979, he and; another officer,
picked up _Mr. Wright and.
took ' him to the Goderich
o P:P..office for :questioning
in the matter Of a possible
During; the trial, Gordon
Dale testified he did not have
Ken Wright deliver any
beans for him in 1978..He
also told the court he did not
receive any money for the
beans.
Mr. Dale did agree with
the defence lawyer ' that
someone in the fall of 1978
did put a weigh 'ticket in his
truck,
Kenneth Wright later test-
ified he put the ticket in the
Dale . truck, but, didn't tell
Mr. Dale at the time: He said.
he put the .beans in Gordon
Dale's ,name'.. because "'I
owed Gordon some money
and I. figured this was one
way of .getting straightened
up," •
Both Mr. Wright and Mr.
Dale testified that Mr. Dale
had completed some custom
work on the Wright farm and'.
sold Mr. Wright some clover
seed in the spring of 1978::
Under cross=examination
by crown attorney. Garry
Hunter, Mr. Wright testifed
that the 38;700 pounds of
beans put in Dale's name
later "just slippedmy
mind."
He also told: the court he
was not in insurance agent
PROOF OF LOSS
Peter Roy testified the
proof of loss form, was Com-
pleted on Nov: 13, 1978,
when he, visited the Wright
farm-: He told the court Mrs.
Helm • Wright had the Co-op
weigh tickets ready for him,
and he filled in these figures
on the form which serves as a
yield report for the'insurance
commission:
Mr Roy testified the
weigh tickets showed 11,810
pounds of white beans, with
a 21.6 per ` cent moisture
content and pick of 12 .per
cent, had been sold to the
Seaforth Bean Growers' Co-
op by Mr. Wright.
The insurance agent told '
the court Mr. Wright' indic-
ated at the time that this was
his total crop of white beans,
and signed the yield forth
stating this, Mr. Roy test-
ified he had already written
in the weigh ticket figures
when Mr: Wright Sighed the
yield loss report.
The defense later argued
that. Ken Wright signed the
form in his implement shed,
when the form was Wank and
that Mr. Roy then went into
the Wright home and filled in
the figures from the weigh
tickets,
Since the crop loss was
high, Alf Ross. of Seaforth, an.
adjuster with the Crop Incur-
ance Commission, And Jack.
Batten, then an adjuster with
the Ontario Ministry of Agri
culture and Food, visited the
Wright farm on .moi 12,
19784
Mr. Ross testifed he Wan-
ted to verify the information
ori the yield loss report and
asked Mr. Wright if the yield .
repotted on the form Was
eorwplete and accurate,
He said he had nO idea Of
I`�iad lir 'attempted fraud
Peter Rey's presence its Nov,
1,978,, when Mr.. Roy took
:down the final yield loss.
report. Mr. Wright indicated
he signed the form when it
was blank., and then Mr, Ito
filled in the crop yield inn
formation froth the weigh
'Hunter pointed out to
the. icourt that it was- obvious.
adjusters Alf Ross and Jack
Batten visited the Wright
farm to verily the crop loss
report on Dec, 12,. The crown"
attorney said, "and it didn't
dawn on him{. (the defendaint)
0
y
tickets given to him by Mrs.
Wright.
DAIS'S NAME
In hisdefence summation,
fawn * r Robert Rogerson of
Stratford, said,• "If Ken
Wright wanted to defraud.:
the Crop Commission, why
would he put some (of the
beans) in his own name, and
some in Dale's name, why
wouldn't he put them all in
Dale's name?"
He told the court Mr.
Wright's .explanation about
paying. Dale.. for his custom
work with the beans seemed
credible - "it seems to me
the barter system is very
common among farmers,"
the defence lawyer said.
The defence lawyer argued
there was a reasonable doubt
about what happened when
his client filled out the yield
loss' report on the beans with
insurance agent Peter Roy.
Crown Attorney Garry-
Hunter told the court he
found it "inconceivable' the
defendant, Kenneth. Wright,
could forget about "twice: as
many beans as he sold."
then that, there was another
38,700 pounds of beans in his
friend's name." r.
Mr. Hunter said the ac,
cased had at least ' three
occasions to recall; the bean
sale.
"1 submit it's incon-
ceivable anyone's memory
could be as bad as that," Mr.
Hunter told the court,
In concluding, the crown
attorney said the defendant
had taken every required
step to obtain a payment for
the 38,700 pounds of white.
beans from the Ontario Crop
Insurance' Commission..
Jud$e Francis Carter, in
handing down the verdict,
said while the defendant had
testified he signed 'a blank
yield loss report, the judge
didn't see why Peter Roy (the
insurance agent) should lie,
since .he had nothing at
stake; whereas the accused
hada vested interest in the
matter.
"I accept the testimony of
Mr. Roy that the yield. fig -
•
Drain expenses
Tile drainage expend-
ituresmust be taken as an
expense in the year in which
the work was completed.
However, the 'interest on.
each payment is an eligible
expense for theyear when
the loan payment is made,.
Tile loans are ;amortized
over 10 years. Amortization
means that there's a differ-
ent principal and interest
figure in each payment, The
interest part of, the payment
ismuch larger for the first
•
very small figure with the
tenth payment
We have - a handy chart
• that showsthe annual inter-
est and principal• payments
for each year of a $100. loan .
'at 6% interest. Fora $10,000
loan, these figures would be
multiplied by 100.
This interest and principal,
breakdown can always be
obtained from, the township
office. However, it's handy
to have, a chart of .your own,.
Am were *chided in `thO
prod' of loss form before it
was, signed,"" Judge Carter
told; the court,
In finding Kenneth Wright
guilty of attempted fraud,
the ,judge said, "I am satis-
fied the accused had both the
intent to defraud and acted
upon that Intent by signing,
the yield loss form."
Following the trial, ;de-
fence lawyer Robert Roger-
:;n
oger
son, said an appeal an behalf
of: Mr. Wright is ""under
consideration.,,
Witness for the prosecu,
tion, in addition to those
already megtior ed, were
Donald- Scott, Allan Butson;
and Lorne Ward, of the
Ontario Bean Grower$."` Co-
op; Constables Lorne Carter,
William O. Hassall and Mor-
ley Leeking of the Goderich
Q,P.P. detachment and
Henry Ediger, of Toronto,
from, the Ontario Crop. Insur-
ance Commission,•
The witnesses for the de-
fence were . Mrs. Velma
Wright, wife of the defend-
ant; Oliver Wright, his father
of R.R. ZM Seaforth and
Bernard McQuaid of
Seaforth.
Soil and crop day.
pianned in Perth
The Perth Soil and Crop
Improvement Association is
sponsoring a Crop Inform-
ation Day on Tuesday,, ,Dec.
4th. ft will be held at the
Stratford Coliseum, begin-
ning at It a.m,
John; Murphy of the Royal
Bank will' be lead-off: speak-
er. John is Manager of
Regional Agricultural .Ser-
vices, At 11 a.m. he'll: be.
speaking on How Farm Man-
agers Are Coping With High;
Interest Rates,
in the afternoon, Soils &
Crops Specialist: Pat Lynch,
will discuss the Soil and Crop
projectscarried out in Huron
and Perth during 1979. There
will be reports by farmer
co-operators as well as Perth
County Weed Inspector,
Cyril Brown. A printed re-
port, with details. on .each
project, will be available to
each person in attendance,
The Soil; & Crop Associ-
ations in Huron and Perth
are collecting the results of
corn hybrid -trials in the two
counties..A summary of ;this
information will be presented
by Pat and ' the :Committee
members. '
• There's a whole host of
other topics. One project
measured the . accuracy of
spread of fertilizer spread}
ers. Another looked at spray.:
er calibration. A third project
involved 'diffehent levelsof
potash on the winter wheat
crop: • Other discussionwill;
involve problem weeds in.
Perth county, soybean har-
vest losses, the new corn
head smut, potash recom-
mendations, for alfalfa and
herbicide programs for
cereals and corn.'
All Perth farmers are con-
sidered members of the Soil
& Crop Improvement Assoc.
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