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AX Newmarket Out Wed Whorms jury deliberates 8 hours Continued from A- verdict was brought in sat with elbows on knees as he listened to his counsel and Crown Attorney Gary Stortini address the jury and to Justice charge them with their duties Mr Miller told the jury there were three possible verdicts they should consider guilty as charged guilty of manslaughter and not guilty Defence counsel told the jury that what ap peared to be a clearcut case for conviction was not He urged the jury to consider the testimony of ANNOUNCEMENT Vincent Miller owneroperator of Mc Donalds Restaurants Yonge St Newmarket is pleased to announce appointment of Vincent as Public Relations Coordinator Vincent will be responsible for all McDonalds com munity projects in the area For in formation please call Vincent at McDonalds Involved in the Community 22yearold John of Aurora Heather Giles former finance who was the crowns attorneys chief witness Mr Miller reminded the jury that on Wyatts own admission he had during his relationship with Miss Giles hit her on several occasions and blackened her eye He never seemed to want to admit how close his relationship with Heather was Mr Miller told the jury He also pointed to reputation as a fighter who always fights to win and asked the jury What does that mean Does it mean that the person he is assaulting does not get up off the floor Mr Miller told the jury that Glen with whom fought on the night of the murder was target for He had earlier pointed out it was who was found by police at Heather Giles side when they arrived at the Jasper Dr home in Aurora nine months ago Crown Attorney however in sisted that stayed behind to help Miss Giles after who had beaten her to death with a piece of pipe had run from the scene Crown Attorney Stortini said Wyatt had not tried to make himself out as something he was not He described Wyatts admissions on the stand as frank and honest Regarding insistence that statements he made to York Regional Police were given because he was frightened and had been roughly treated the crown attorney told the jury if the officers had wanted to fabricate evidence they could have done a better job 1 submit Whorms was telling the truth when he told police in his statement the guy youre looking for Whorms went to the Giles home with the intention of using force the crown attorney told the jury in asking for a guilty verdict Justice in his charge to the jury told them You are not in any sense judges of anyones morals Citing Heather Giles intimacy with and with her former finance he ex plained It doesnt say that if a person fights drinks or has sexual intercourse he cannot be honest Justice also reminded the jury that record of convictions for wounding assault and theft may only be used in so far as his credibility is con cerned Justice tola the jury they had ample direct evidence on which to base most of their facts in order to reach a ver dict Regarding Whorms statement he told the jury You must be the sole judge of whether did make such statements and if they were true He also commented on Wyatts frankness in the witness box noting The evidence of Glen Gray and John Wyatt are most important in this case Focusing on a previous statement made by Whorms that he was afraid to fight with Justice Gallon com mented to the jury Does it make sense to you that anyone who was in such a state of awe of John as Whorms said he was would enter that home without a weapon Justice said that it seemed to be the theory of the defence that Heather Giles was struck by a chair thrown by which killed her or that the 21yearold girl was killed after Whorms left her Aurora home After Justice explained the meaning of reasonable doubt to the jury the seven women and five men retired to consider the verdict Sewers backed Continued from A- 1 water charge which would be per year Although these figures presented at the hearing Dec 3 were taken from a 1973 study en vironment ministry project engineer Ken Brown said the rates should be accurate despite delays and in flation in capital costs Mr Brown had estimated however that application for grants and other funding would delay the projects start until convinced Paul Photo Darren watches his mother Sherry engrave some of the valuables In their King City home Mrs who is President of the King City Home Owners Association has founded a local chapter of Operation Iden tification which is designed to make thieves think twice about breaking in by informing them that valuables in the house are ingraved with easily markings such as social insurance and drivers licence numbers ID markings deter theft Regional Police and Ontario Provincial Police Continued from using the road she told The Era Sunday Spot checks reduce that problem she noted Mr said he still isnt convinced however While Chief Crawford claims he needs additional men to adequately protect the public men ore being assigned fulltime to the spot checks the police commissioner said Assignment of of ficers to the spot check program makes it dif ficult for the commission to justify more men for the force Mr warned I just dont think we can afford that sort of policy he added 1 dont think spot checks are needed Mrs Rolling said the responsibility for justifying the men assigned to spot checks and hiring of additional officers rests with Chief Crawford The chief is going to have to do his own justifying she said He may well be taking the two men for spot checks off radar Late last year the commission approved the purchase of roadside J breathalyzer units and the spot checks are a valuable procedure for use of the equipment noted Mrs Rolling While her criticisms of police radar Included the charge that officers concentrated heavily on certain areas of East the new spot checks are being moved around she said Mr charged that the spot check program is part of a new traffic enforcement campaign that rigid as hell People are losing respect for the force he warned because officers are under orders to charge everyone that moves and walks Directives from Chief Crawford forbid officers from using their own discretion in traffic in- fractions said Mr resulting In charges against all drivers caught travelling miles per hour in a mile an hour zone While confirming operation of the spot checks Mrs Rolling said she has no knowledge of any other traffic en forcement crackdown Continued from Al at the real estate section of the newspaper The agent returned by driving around the block to see if the man was interested in the home Upon returning the agent noticed the man turning his shoulder away and pulling the paper closer to his face as if he did not want to be bothered The agent left the scene and it was discovered later in the day that two color televisions and a quantity of household items totaling 2000 in value had been removed from the house The 2000 figure according to Era notes has been an average lake in many of the breakins Operation Iden tification has been endorsed by King Council Ihe York Anyone wishing to use the engraving pen may contact Mrs through Office Box King City All I want is that people protect them selves Mrs said Church marks year NEWMARKET St Andrews Presbyterian Church here marks its anniversary Feb Guest speaker during anniversary services at am and 730 pm will be Dr Mariano professor of pastoral studies at the Ontario Theological Seminary in Toronto 100mile race aids children Continued from sheets are still available at Travelogue on Main St Newmarket George Jackson told The Era Monday organizers will see that late pledges are given to riders Another new twist this year will be for Georgian riders who can start and finish the course at Dawsons Marina on the in Keswick Riders are asked to register at either Varieys or Dawsons before leaving and to make sure their machines are in good working condition The Keswick Op timists Club will be staging a breakfast for riders at the Optimists Hall In Bradford the Newmarket Lions will be serving breakfast to entrants at the Riviera Restaurant while the Bradford Lions will be hosting breakfast at the Legion Hall Among the VIP en trants on the event will be Bradford Mayor Roy Gordon and Aurora Mayor George Timpson The list of other VIP entrants includes Minister of Revenue Arthur Meen Minister of Transport James Snow CTV newsman Harvey Kirck CFTO sports- caster Oliver Bill French from TV Jim Paulson from and Kim and Larry Proctor of pper Mall ON THE MALL THIS WEEK J A SUPPORT YOUR FAVORITE CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION CAMBRIDGE DEVELOPMENT NEWMARKET WHERE 9 MEET i si Hi