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‘A ce couple ‘of inimutes later
(the accused youth) came-in

: through tt the same wiridow.’.

He said the accised had ¢ a-
e black Bic lighter in. his. hand

- that. the accused. was not
-even looking’ at. where the

lighter would touch...

ve I saw: the: ‘map. go up.in
“flames,” he said and after: the
“accused «. had:* ‘tried | Un.

* “with his: ‘hands, he ‘said. they.

“both went back: out: of the
“window: | and ran to ‘the
: janitor’sr room:

: a :

>The witness said that
neither he nor the accused.
‘made any attempt to alert
anybody of the fire.

ola cross-examination, the ~
witness -admitted to David °

Morgan, the defense
questioned by the police.

“He also. said he. may have
been told he’ would . be

charged with lighting the fire .
. unless he told the truth, at |
'. ‘the’time he: gave ‘his written ©

statement . implicating the
‘agcused. -

“Morgan ‘ ‘suggested to the
witness: that he, the witness,
started the fire, rather than
the accused.

‘The witness denied this.

~The court also heard
evidence from Norman Kew,
a.teacher at the school at the
time, who testified that the
accused admitted setting an
election sign on fire earlier
_on the day of the fire.

Kew said that’ he had
thrown the accused out of
his class -earlier in the
morning: of May 8 and that
Jater in the class he heard
that the sign in front of the
school was on fire.

“He extinquished the fire

and then later in the day,|.

Kew said he confronted the
accused with the fact that
someone had seen him light
_ the sign and that the accused
admitted it. An attempt by
Morgan to have this
evidence ruled ineligible
because Kew had in-

No change
in parking
regulations

North Vancouver City
council voted Monday
evening to accept the
recommendations of the
Parking Commission to leave
the one hour parking
restriction on the 100 block
East ist Street.

Council made the move in
response to a request by a
businessman on East Ist to
extend the parking limit to

“two hours,”

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3 ‘He : “reached - over and |
- flicked it and a’map caught
fire,’ the witness said, adding -

that “he denied®
knowing anything about'the. -
fire the first two times he was —

“ “tmidated 1 the ‘iccused . ‘was
-denied by -J judge . John
; heyton. :

- Kew was a- person in
authority :and there is no

. Suggestion physical: force . |

was used, Layton said.

"The trial is scheduled to

continue © this ‘morning, ate}
. which time the Crown. will —

sum up the evidence against

- the accused and the defense

will presentits case...

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- firemen Larry Barker (right) ‘and Rich Burrows | prepare for the collections to be held id Friday and a Saturday. at loca oe
Hquor stares and SeaBus terminal (FE eprey Peters Photo) ;

Be. out by September! oath. ‘That's 5 *
the ultimatum: being :handed to all 1979.

Perfectly beautiful, gas efficient,
well-equipped cars must vacate the
premises one way or another to make
room for the 1980's.

Take advantage. These cars have
to go and the prices they're going for
reflect it. Be quick. Your Datsun dealer
is dealing 79’s like there’s no tomorrow
because there isn't. 7

Get down to the showroom today /
while there's still time to be choosy.
Take away a'79 bargain. Before the -
80’s take over everything.

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