From: johnturmel@yahoo.com   
      
   JCT: In my last post, I included Adrian's Notice of Appeal   
   against his 6-month conviction and his motion for Release   
   Pending Appeal.   
      
   I'd told him to ask the jailers for a Notice of Appeal form.   
   He was told they didn't have any. Wow. You can get them in   
   Ontario, just ask the warden. But they don't have Appeal forms   
   in Quebec? Wonder if they're jerking him around.   
      
   Since he couldn't sign the documents, after all, he was out of   
   touch, his wife signed his papers and Ray tried to hand them   
   in. But the Registry wouldn't take them.   
      
   So Caroline visited him on Sunday and handed in his   
   documentation. He's going to have to get a commissioner to   
   sign his Affidavit and then hand it to the system and tell   
   them to pass it along.   
      
   But they wouldn't deliver his documentation on Monday because   
   it was as holiday! He'd get it Tuesday. Get it signed and   
   handed in.   
      
   But on Tuesday, he got it late in the afternoon and by then,   
   the commissioner of oaths was no longer available so he'd have   
   to wait until tomorrow.   
      
   So tomorrow, he swears his Affidavit and hands it in to his   
   jailers for transmission to the Court. Should they not have   
   the machinery for inmates to file appeals, he'll be sending a   
   signed copy out to Carolyn in case she has to file them   
   personally now that he signed them. We'll see if they only   
   allow regular snail-mail out.   
      
   Now, the motion seeks to be heard on Friday May 26 by   
   telephone. OR SO SOON THEREAFTER AS IT CAN BE HEARD!! "ON   
   SHORT NOTICE, IF NECESSARY! So, in a sense, it doesn't really   
   matter when it gets to the court, it's asking for a hearing   
   any time after May 26 the Court allows. Even if it's filed   
   after May 26!   
      
   So tomorrow we see how Quebec deals with an inmate appeal when   
   they say they don't even have the form.   
      
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