The Schwartzistan Herald · 20 July 1990
The Court of Chronological Offences rules in The Crown v
Vellmar, 20 July 1990
The Court of Chronological Offences rules in The Crown v. O. P.: 5 years, suspended. The court sat when the court resumed after the midday adjournment. The ruling was delivered after a short adjournment. Local reaction was muted.
The ruling will be reported in the Law Reports in due course. The parties left by separate doors.
Those concerned: The Crown v. O. P. (case); The Court of Chronological Offences (court); Otto Pfeil (accused).
The Grand Chancellor, Karl Nagel, declined to comment.
Background
- 20 January 1989. A gravestone at Sudfurt is found to bear a year that does not exist. The stone is replaced at the Ministry's expense. Earlier report.
- 7 February 1988. The Court of Chronological Offences rules in The Crown v. O. R.: 4 years. Earlier report.
- 2 November 1987. Fourteen students are tried for assertion of the unyear. Eleven are convicted and given suspended sentences. Three, including K. W., are acquitted for want of evidence that the number referred to a year. Earlier report.
- 3 August 1985. The Court of Chronological Offences rules in The Crown v. P. S.: 4 months. Earlier report.
- 10 January 1985. The Court of Chronological Offences rules in The Crown v. S. M.: 11 months. Earlier report.
The Herald will report further developments.
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