Legal Advocacy Course Academy Case Study 3

CASE INFORMATION:

A Freewoman who was not of the city in question, was discovered in an underground storage area where the city keeps its arsenal and treasury stores. She was apprehended by a couple of the city guards, in the tunnels, No breach into the weapons area or the treasury was found. The woman claims the reason she was there is she fell into the supposedly well hidden shaft leading to the access tunnels.

The first sword, has decided that there should be a hearing before a magistrate to determine what should be done about this matter. The woman was in the tunnels for, it is believed, about an ahn or so. Her robes were dirty and no obvious weapons were seen on her.

This case is modeled on that actually occoured back in Stones of Turmus about a year and a half ago.
Here's the backstory information- some useful, some not, some totally irrelevant, andsome extrapolative in nature.

The woman says that she is from the north near Kassau. She was wearing a veil when found. She claims that she is the Woman of Jarl Sven the Reeking. The city you are in, like stones of Turmus, is located within a couple hundred pasangs of Ar, just to the west of the margin of desolation. There are no waterways here, because it is well inland. Assume that this city is a banner keep, such as SoT was (hint.. research banner keeps, and/or read the mid sections of Slave Girl of Gor).

The governing of the "city" is as by the books for such things- there is no "administrator or Ubar", being a banner keep. I will tell you this is significant in its implications to the case.

As last time, I will choose who prosecutes, who adjudicates and who defends so be prepared to handle either side, and GOOD LUCK.

Advocates Case Study 4 ... Beans

On a visit to the city of Telnus a citizen of Thentis noticed black wine being served at the public cafe. They sat and ordered one and noted it was made with fresh beans. On their return to Thentis they mentioned this fact to the Admin.

Given the very high price and indeed the virtual refusal of Thentis to ever trade in Black wine, this meant that the beans must have been aquired by unlawful means and the Admin sent a troop of Guards to the cafe at Telnus. There they discovered the Beans had been supplied by a trader called Busby. The trader was quickly found and siezed along with all the beans. He was bound and brought to Thentis to stand trial.

As usual consider how you might defend...or prosecute this case.

 

 

Advocates Case Study 5 ... Ownership

 

 

WARRANT FOR THE CAPTURE AND RETURN OF AN ACCUSED CRIMINAL

Let it be known to all Free within the established boundaries of

The Cities of <city name>

And

All of Civilized Gor

That

On this, the 16th day of Kavars 10,158 CA, also referenced as the Earth date of March 1st 2009

One Wayne Rooney, with intent to commit theft, accepted the begging for collar of one kajira, a slave already in the collar of Lady Rio Ferdinand. He is hereby charged with the crime against local and Gorean Merchant Law- thus being:

THEFT

This warrant is issued as a notice that any and all free citiziens of Gor are hereby authorized to bring about his (LIVE) return to the Civil Administrator, Judicial Magistrate or Miltiary authority of the City of <city name> under sureties of safe passage for this purpose.

BE THIS KNOWN TO ALL CITIZENS, RESIDENTS AND PEOPLES OF   <city name> AND OF GOR

 

Attested by my hand and judicially ordered by – <magistrate's name>, Judicial Magistrate of  <city name>

Now..this is a copy of a real warrant. The city in question was a small settlement...not actually a homestone as such. The girl apparently submited to Him. So, is it even valid to issue this warrant against Him? Assuming it goes to trial think through the important factors and be ready to prosecute or defend.