pcl_0539_175_19_33

Puddleby Court Log: 85 Spring, year 539 of The Ascendancy. 19:33

In the matter of Tarf v Sombre, accused of “destruction of Zoo property”

Before the jurors: Karkras, Spirit, Arod, wutold, Dar, Chimba, Terenas, Gimli, Rcooka-e

The Honourable Judge Haengemie, presiding.
With Bellafae serving as Bailiff.

To all who read these precepts, the following transcript of this trial is true and correct, to the best of my knowledge.
Clera, reporting.

[Bellafae] This court is now in session, The Honourable Judge Haengemie presiding.
[Haengemie] <standard pre-trial court briefing>
[Tarf] Sombre is guilty of harming Zoo animals and kudzu.
[Tarf] This zoo is a free service provided for our newer exiles
[Tarf] So that they may learn about the beasts.
[Tarf] I remind the jury that 4 seperate juries have found exiles guilty of this crime in the last moon alone.
[Tarf] Sombre was maliciously ruining the animals and the fun of all those who worked so hard to build the Zoo
[Haengemie] 10 seconds remaining, Please finish up, or say "done"...
[Tarf] And he hides his name, which bears his poor reputation.
[Tarf] done
[Haengemie] Thank you, Tarf
[Haengemie] Sombre, you have 90 seconds to speak, unless the jury deems your testimony irrelevant.
[Sombre] Your honor, everyone knows the lawn is not an appropriate place for a zoo.
[Sombre] The gate is missing and the fence is decrepit.
[Sombre] A zoo in the lawn only endangers exiles
[Sombre] especially the new exiles that Tarf claims the zoo is for.
[Sombre] Why Poor Impulse himself knows how weak the fence is.
[Sombre] He tore part of it down a week or so ago.
[Sombre] How could it hold a tree giant safely?
[Haengemie] 10 seconds remaining, Please finish up, or say "done"...
[Sombre] I was only defending the town from escaped creatures.
[Sombre] done
[Haengemie] Thank you, Sombre
[Haengemie] Tarf, you have 120 seconds to speak, unless the jury deems your testimony irrelevant.
[Tarf] The Zoo only harms those who try to destroy it.
[Tarf] True, it also harms the zookeepers, but thats part of the job
[Tarf] no one else is harmed, and if they are, there are plenty of healers
[Tarf] however, when the Zoo is disrupted
[Tarf] the fun is ruined for many exiles
[Tarf] his was a malicious attempt to ruin our fun.
[Tarf] That is a much bigger crime than harming a zoo animal
[Tarf] done
[Haengemie] Thank you, Tarf
[Haengemie] Sombre, you have 120 seconds to speak, unless the jury deems your testimony irrelevant.
[Sombre] Sigh.
[Sombre] Your honor.
[Sombre] You think those zoo animals were having fun?
[Sombre] Locked in town, having exiles spit on them and taunt them?
[Sombre] It was a humane thing I did to destroy the injured and humiliated ones.
[Sombre] Poor Impulse can attest to how weak the fence is.
[Sombre] witness: Poor Impulse
[Haengemie] Thank you, Sombre
[Haengemie] Poor Impulse, please approach the witness railing, to the Northeast of the jury box. You have 15 seconds.
[Haengemie] Thank you, Poor Impulse. You have been called to testify in this matter, please state the pertinent facts to the jury.
[Haengemie] Poor Impulse, you have 120 seconds to speak, unless the jury deems your testimony irrelevant.
[Poor Impulse] what is happening!!!!
[Poor Impulse] what is happening!!!!
[Poor Impulse] how do I sue
[Poor Impulse] sue: tara for not helping me
[Poor Impulse] sue: tara for not helping me
[Poor Impulse] sue: tara for not helping me
[Poor Impulse] sue: tara for not helping me
[Poor Impulse] sue: tara for not helping me
[Poor Impulse] shit
[Poor Impulse] witness: sombre
[Haengemie] Thank you, Poor Impulse
[Haengemie] <standard jury verdict briefing>
[Bellafae] Bellafae hands Haengemie the jury's verdict.


  Votes innocent: 1
  Votes guilty: 6
  Votes frivolous: 2
  Abstaining: 0

[Haengemie] Sombre this court finds you guilty, as accused.
[Haengemie] <standard jury sentence briefing>
[Haengemie] On Spring 105 of 539, Sombre was found guilty, being charged with defiling the sanctity of Gaia's temple.
[Haengemie] On Spring 109 of 539, Sombre was found guilty, being charged with misusing and disrupting Gaias temple _again_.
[Haengemie] Due to the 3 priors in the past year,
[Haengemie] the maximum sentence is raised to 180 minutes in jail or a fine of 1500c,
[Haengemie] or, possibly, a combination of jail and fine, depending on the jury's recommendations.
[Haengemie] Jurors, you should take Sombre's record into account when deciding what sentence to recommend.
[Bellafae] Bellafae hands Haengemie the jury's sentencing recommendation.


  Total recommended jail time: 274 min
  Total recommended fine: 5254c
  Total jurors: 9
  Avg recommended jail/fine: 30 min/583c

[Haengemie] Because of outstanding fines still owed from previous convictions...
[Haengemie] I'm going add 77 minutes to the sentence.
[Haengemie] Sombre, you are hereby sentenced to spend 107 minutes in the Puddleby jail,
[Haengemie] and fined 583 coins.
[Haengemie] As you cannot afford to pay your fine, the clerk calculates the balance (577c)...
[Haengemie] ...as additional jail-time of 74 minutes.
[Haengemie] Also, Clera will help you arrange a payment plan.
[Haengemie] In addition, Sombre, I'm going to banish you from the city limits for 13 days.
[Haengemie] After you've served your jail-sentence, I suggest you sneak out of town quietly, and don't let the guards catch you.
[Haengemie] Judge Haengemie bangs his gavel
[Haengemie] This court is adjourned.

Court adjourned at 20:36 on 85 Spring, 539