" Sir Gregory Hall, Esq." wrote:
"Lady Pilot" wrote:
Excellent! You would have made a great attorney, my dear.

LP




Yes I would have, sweetheart. Did I tell you what the verdict in my marine
sanitation device trial is?

I thought earlier that you said it was continued...


NOT GUILTY! Another victory for good ole Gregory. You should have seen
the FWC officer and the judge working their asses off trying to find me
guilty but they could not.

I have no doubt about the judge and FWC officer.. Congratulations, my dear!

The judge even called for a dictionary to look up the word "preclusion"
after I had already informed the court that it meant "to prevent or make
impossible".

Reminds me when I sued the state last year. The judge kept asking the state
what the law was...he's only been on the bench for thirty years or so lol

This after the state said they had charged me with violating the wrong
paragraph of the statute. They had charged me with violating chapter (1) on
the citation and wanted to change it to chapter (2). The judge asked me if
I wished to have a continuance. Chapter (2) is for houseboats and the state
was trying to claim my vessel was a houseboat. \

Continuance??? Were you in state or federal court? Maritime law is federal
law, last time I looked. What kind of jurisdiction does the state have?

I replied, "Your honor, I am prepared to defend against chapter (2.) I
don't think the state expected that at all. Anyway I proved to the
satisfaction of the court that chapter (2) did not apply to my vessel so
they fell back on chapter(1) anyhow. Then I proved to the courts
satisfaction that my vessel was in full compliance which chapter (1). So,
I set some excellent precedence for other boaters who've been similarly
harassed by ignorant or overzealous officers.

Awesome, sweetie! I'm going to have to gloat Monday to one of my admirers
at school. He's a good looking dude that just retired from the coast guard.
He's been asking me to go to Starbucks after class for about a month now.


The judge told the state, "I don't like it any more than you do, officer
________, but I'm going to rule not guilty because the way I read it he's
complied with the law."

Bravo! You definitely have bragging rights on this one! I had no doubt
that you wouldn't need my help. ;-)

LP