2001-07-14
I'm sure all the courts are expecting them to appeal and to fight on. They
want them too. Just think of all the money that they will rake in.
John
Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der irrt�mlich glaubt
frei zu sein.
There are none more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely believe they
are free!
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
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Sent: Saturday, 2001-07-14 13:31
Subject: [USMA:14386] From the Sunderland Echo
metric martyr vows to fight on despite new setback
THE latest "metric martyr" battle will go on despite another defeat in
court, a Sunderland trader has vowed.
Park Lane trader Neil Herron was in Surrey this week helping defend
fellow trader Peter Collins in his court battle.
Like Mr Herron's friend and fellow Sunderland trader Steven Thoburn,
Collins, 51, of Sutton, was being taken to court by his local council
over imperial measures.
He lost his case yesterday at Sutton Magistrates Court, aimed at
lifting a condition on his licence compelling him to sell his goods in
metric measurements.
Costs of �13,000 were awarded to the council, which vowed to enforce
payment.
After the ruling, Mr Collins, who has traded from the stall in Sutton
High Street for 15 years, said that it was "very probable" that he
would appeal.
Reacting to the case, Mr Herron said: "We have to make sure we now
raise enough money to take this to the next highest court, which is
the Appeal Court in London."
And he said the next few months would see him step up the publicity
campaign to raise money for the fund.
"We're going to begin the attack by highlighting how these regulations
were passed by politicians who just nodded them through," said Mr
Herron.
"Removing a system of measures which have been in place for hundreds
of years like this is not democracy."
In April, Mr Thoburn, 36, who runs a stall at Southwick Market, became
the first trader in Britain to be convicted for refusing to sell goods
in metric measurements.
He is to appeal to the High Court, backed by a �195,000 fighting fund
from campaigners who do not want to see imperial scrapped.
The fund aims to cover Mr Thoburn and other traders bringing legal
action.
Chris
