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the examiner My August 1c 1919 May run Former President Gerald Ford is not ruling out running for presi dent again learned long time ago in politics never to say never Ford fold convention in Boston Monday AP Photo Overhaul for court system TORONTO tCPt If jbstice delayed is justice denied 0n tarios provincial court system has become increasingly unjust to the people it was meant to SCH0 But the rusty old machine is about to get complete over haul Crown attorneys who drafted the Provincial Offences Act due for implementation next April say it will reduce the number of court cases by 66 per cent allow some appeals to be handled within two weeks in stead of year or more and re duce the number of adjourn mcnts by 90 per cent The saving to the taxpayers will amount to millions of dol lars year they say Ontario will be the only prov ince in Canada with one act containing all legislation con cerning provincial offences as distinguished from more serious crimes under the federal Criminal Code For the first time we will have system for dealing with only minor offences says Doug Drinkwalter Crown at torney from Simcoe County who has worked on the new legislation since 1974 Before everything was tied to the Criminal Code and pro vincial offences were dealt with the same as rape or murder he says It cost the taxpayer lot of money and the system was not efficient It is estimated that it now costs as much as $200 to prose cute someone for minor traf fic offence SLOW JlSTKE SEEN The current system is suited to protect the accused in the 250000 criminal charges laid in Ontario annually but it results in slow justice for those in volved in the 35 million provin cial cases The new law will allow any one not pleading guilty or pay ing preset fine to decide on an appropriate court date in conjunction with the legal au thorities That can be accom plished in person or through the mail In addition court appear ance may be rescheduled by no tifying the court by mail In that way defendant can avoid missing several days of work because there will be not be repeated remanding of his case Trials will proceed on sched uled dates and with more pre cise times says Doug Ewart Crown attorney with the attor neygenerals department and one of the authors of the act It is not unusual under the present arrangement for some one to arrive at court at 10am and not have his case heard until the afternoon The key is that we will cut court lists substantially by not scheduling people who are not going to face trials Ewart says MORE MAIL HANDLE Drinkwalter says the court will have to cope with great deal more mail under the new system but there will also be decrease in adjournments to about 10 per cent of what we have now and decrease in things set for the courtroom Forest fire kills three PONFERRADA Spain AP Flames trapped and killed three firemen fighting forest fire near this north central town police said Tuesday They said arson was suspected in the blaze which burned more than 20 acres of forest before it was put out recent forest fire on Spains Costa Brava which police said might have been in tentionally set took 21 lives selection ofour newest fall and winter childrens outerwear featured at an amazrng saVIng for days only trillle EA =5 itll liIIIIIIIlItmmIm II gmmmt Shop by phone As near as your phone Call 725441 SimpsonsSears Ltd Fteg and Was refer to SimpsonsSears Ltd prices Store address 509 Bayfield St Georgian Mall Barrie Store hours Mon Tues Sat 930 am to 530 pm Wed Thurs Fri 930 am to 930 pm Charge it IE SN Enjoy it now Use your gt All Purpose Account