March 6 Toronto Ontario's Attorney […]
When
1979-03-06
Description
March 6 Toronto Ontario's Attorney General Roy McMurtry announced that the Crown would appeal the February 14, 1979, acquittal of PTP and the Body Politic, claiming eight errors of law in the original judgement. (See also February 7–8, 1980.)
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January 5 Toronto The Crown Attorney […]December 30 Toronto Five members of […]All Places
TorontoAll People
Roy McMurtryAll Organizations
Pink Triangle PressGovernment of CanadaAll Periodicals
The Body PoliticAll Citations
"When Is a Choice Not a Choice?" (editorial), Body Politic, no. 52 (1979), pp. 3, 6.Merv Walker, "Body Politic Faces New Legal Battle: First Acquittal Cost $30,000," Georgia Straight, 9–15 March 1979, p. 5Joe Szalai, "Resistance: The Predictable Thing" (letter), Body Politic, no. 53 (1979), p. 4Stan Oziewicz, "Body Politic Acquittal Is Appealed," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 7 March 1979, p. 1"McMurtry Appeals TBP Acquittal, Refuses to Return Seized Material," Body Politic, no. 52 (1979), p. 12Bruce May, "So You Thought the Body Politic's Trials Were Over?" Gay Calgary, no. 11 (1979), p. 3"Give Body Politic Legal Aid, Cassidy Says," Toronto Star, four star ed., 9 March 1979, p. A11David Dure, "Body Politic Appeal," Forum (CLGRC, Montréal), 4, no. 2 (Spring 1979): (2)Joan Bryden, "Gay Paper Back on Trial," 7 News (Toronto), 28 March 1980, p. 1The Body Politic Free the Press Fund, "Isn't Roy McMurtry Appealing?" (advertisement), Body Politic, no. 54 (1979), p. 2"Body Politic Case Appealed: McMurtry Criticizes Sewell's Speech," Toronto Sun, 7 March 1979, p. 28"Appeal Launched in Body Politic Decision," Quill & Quire, April 1979, p. 25
