Luckily, the justice system in this country requires more than conjecture. There's a standard of proof that must be meant and just reading about this case with no knowledge whatsoever about what went on, I determined ( at least in my mind) that there was not enough proof to convict Jamie of any crime. If you want to convict him in your court of public opinion, so be it. "Violating trust and stewardship" may be a horrible thing but it's still not something you can get a conviction on. You on the other hand are guilty of using bad grammar. " He done wrong" is not English. In my book that's an inexcusable offensive but I won't be able to get a conviction on that one either. FRANC
-----Original Message----- From: James Richard [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 1:04 PM To: Franc Subject: Guilty is as guilty does A few people on this list are arguing technicalities just for the sake of arguing. Defense attorneys have to do this for their clients even if they are guilty, but you people are not Jamie's defense attorneys, so please quit playing us for fools. What Jamie did was deliberately and under specific instruction from his "boss(client)" was to make forgeries of well-known very expensive posters that were very carefully and intentionally created to be able to be passed off as originals even when scrutinized by experts. Whether that was technically "illegal" is immaterial to the fact that Jamie, *by his own admission*, is in fact actually guilty of doing this in the Real World, not the world of legal technicalities. I can't imagine anyone wanting to every deal with him again, talented or not. He done wrong, Franc, not only by the people who were conned out of their money by his deliberate forgeries, but he also wronged every one of his colleagues in the poster restoration/backing business and all of us who collect movie posters as well. He violated trust and stewardship in a major way. -- JR Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
