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Show CHILD CARE BATTLE PAGE 8 : x: :: Independent Dedicated To The Constitution. Libertv. Moralitv nnrl Tn.ik Vol. 7, No. 14 fc 25C Salt Lake City, Utah 84115 fr. f April 1, 1976 . :7 : t AJ cash. The first argument that Mr. Grismore made to the court was that inasmuch as the government had waited almost eleven months to try the case that the charges should be dismissed on the grounds that his constitutional right to a speedy trial had been denied. He supported this with quotations from the Speedy Trial Act of 1974 wherein it specifically states that a trial should commence within 60 days from the time of arraignment or the charges should be dismissed. Mr. Grismore was arraigned on guilty. While the charge of possession and By John Patrick commenced On Thursday, March 11, 1976 at 9:00 AM the trial of John F. Grismore, a Bountiful, Utah and father of five children, in the federal courthouse in Ogden, Utah. On Thursday, March 18, 1976 at 12:00 noon the jury of five women and seven men returned from a hour deliberation with a verdict of two-reside- nt sale of counterfieted obligations of the United States was the pretense used by the U.S. Attorneys office to once agiain get Mr. Grismore in court, there were many other issues debated during the 5xi days of trial that were far more important, not only to Mr. Gismore, but to the public in general. The charge stems from an arrest of Mr.' Girsmore by secret service agents on April 28, 1975 wherein the secret service claims that Mr. Grismore was in possession of and tried to sell to Riley Blanscett, a highway patrolman working undercover with the Secret Service and James Burrill, a paid informant, an amount of counterfiet currency for $3,750 July 15, 1975 before Judge Aldon J. Anderson and should have been tried by September 15, 1975 in order to meet the limitations set by Congress in said act. This motion was dismissed by Judge Clarence A. Brimmer, Jr., from Cheyenne, Wyoming, who obviously by his RECALL v7 Clyde L. Miller Lt. GovernorSecretary of Stats Harvard R. Hinton Deputy March 23, .1976 364 Salt UTAH INDEPENDENT 57 Oakland Avenue Salt Lake City, Utah 84115 Pddat Cdt Iria Cli. Utah i Salter South State Street Bob Lake Dear Mr. The City, Utah 84111 Utah through qualification under Section Code Annotated 1953, for placement on the General Election ballot 1976, known as the "Utah Recall. and Advisory Recall Act, has now met all requirements of this provision of the statute and will be placed on the 1976 General Election ballot for vote by the electorate of the state of Utah. 20-11-- 20-11- -1 20, 4 More than 51,000 citizens have signed the Recall Petition as a Sincerely, CLYDE L. MILLER Lieutenant Governor first step in restoring government of the people by the people and for the people so that freedom sha!l tn not perish from the State of Utah. After sitting in court for the full five days of testimony, both for and against John Grismore, I am more convinced than ever not only of his innocence but that he has, indeed, been victimized by the United St ates Government and its various agencies, particularly the It is beyond my comIRS. prehension how 12 people could have possibly been unanimous in their decision, when there was so much contradiction and flaws, and I might say downright obvious lies in the testimony of the government witnesses. ..even Salter: Initiative Petition presented to this office for .1 vt The next motion that Judge Brimmer dismissed was Mr. Girsmores request for counsel. It was obvious to everyone in the courtroom that Mr. Grismore desired the assistance of counsel of one in whom he had confidence and could trust. Instead, Judge Brimmer ordered an Ogden attorney, Mr. Don Sharp, to be present during the trial to give assistance when necessary. Mr. Grismore objected bn the grounds that he did not know Mr. Sharp and had never talked to him about the case and that if Mr. Sharp remained in the courtroom that he Continued on page 6 Jeannie Trevathan OFFICE OF LT. GOVERNORSECRETARY OF STATE 203 STATE CAPITOL SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114 Mr. Congress. A WITNESS SPEAKS OUT Statu of Utah vA.'V.wi actions from the bench throughout the entire trial, does not believe that federal judges have to act within the law as enacted by Eueda C . McCoy Assistant Deputy themselves. among There HAD to be more than a reasonable doubt in their minds! However, knowing that the government will .stoop to any foul trick to win their game (Watergate, etc.), I had to wonder if they had placed some sort of control over these 12 minds??? Since Johns whole defense was based on the coercive practices and harassment techniques of the IRS, and other agencies of our government, it is interesting to note that the day after 3 of his witnesses testified, two received summonses by the IRS, and the third (me) was contacted by the Division of Family Services regarding child abuse complaints. SamGoeltzand James Smith both received summonses along with James's wife, and Sam is still in Federal custody on a fake charge and will not be released until the 28th of March. However, they deemed it necessary to summon him the day after he testified. I'm having a difficult time pinpointing the origin of the disgusting and totally unfounded allegations made about me, mainly Continued on page 5 |