Friday, May 18, 2007
Wicks Cartoon Trial, Day 4
:: Posted by Bryan @ 5/18/2007 03:44:00 AM 
According to statements made in court today, it was up to the defendant to prove that the Wicks family left the art behind on purpose.
Quote of the day
Quoted in the Toronto Star
Megan Mackey, lawyer for the Wicks family, said yesterday in her closing submissions that the legal definition of abandonment puts the onus on the finder of the property to prove that the property was abandoned.
Judge Thomas Lederer agreed, saying to Richard Harnett's lawyer, Charles Campbell, "the onus is very high here."
"We don't want people to be easily enriched at the cost of others," the judge said.
Obviously the judge has never heard of capitalism.
Close second, quoted in a later Star article:
...the defendant's lawyer, Charles Campbell told the judge, "If it was packed like garbage, looked like garbage and smelled like garbage, then it was garbage."
Then why did the defendant keep it?
Anyway, those were the closing arguments. The judge has "reserved judgement", meaning he is expected to weigh in with his verdict after pretending to think about it and write up a decision. Maybe today? The Friday of the long weekend? I doubt it.Labels: legal news
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