The Plaintiff Has Rested Its Case / A Verdict as Early as Tomorrow

A big thanks to Charles Forgrave for keeping me updated with news of the Bouschor 7+2 trial.

According to some reports, Dave Scott, one of the recipients, resorted to tears on more than one occasion in an attempt to convince the jury that he was a victim and deserved a portion of the secret payoffs.

Earlier reports from Mr. Forgrave state that the attorneys for the defense carried on a well-orchestrated defense on the first day of the trial but their strategy soon fell apart as the trial progressed.

The defendants also claimed that Aaron Payment ruined their reputations with his campaign for the chairman's seat. My recollection of that campaign is quite different since I remember numerous slanderous materials received not from Payment but from his opponent, Bernard Bouschor.

The following report has been corrected. It was reported that the defendant had rested its case when it was actually the Sault Tribe who had done so.


Sault Ste. Marie, Mi...Well, the Sault Tribe as Plaintiff has rested its case. No more witnesses will be called to testify. During the course of the trial the defense called two witnesses to the stand and the tribe called seven. The jury was dismissed today at noon and ordered to reconvene tomorrow at 8:30 a.m.to view the submission of several exhibits and to hear closing arguments...which are expected to take on the order of an hour or two.

Subsequent to dismissing the jurors, the court was called back into session. The defense immediately made six motions all of which were rejected by the judge...a couple of them were for directed verdicts (wherein the judge rules on the case and settles it) and several were for the admission of additional evidence.

So tomorrow morning the case goes to the jurors and it will be up to them...guilty or innocent. All said and done, members may know one way or another as soon as tomorrow. Or it may take several days for them to decide the case. There really no way of knowing at this point how the case will be decided. We all can only wait.

Thank you, Charles Forgrave