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Jack Cram's crusade to expose endemic corruption and influence peddling
took yet another twist Tuesday when a probable star witness in Cram's
charges of corruption within the judiciary was silenced by a last-second
motion by the lawyer for the Attorney General's office for a Psychiatric
examination.

John Gossage, a noted pediatrician who achieved infamy as a result of a
gag order placed on charges that  he had sexually molested children
placed in his care was apparently willing to testify on Jack Cram's
behalf.  Justice Callaghan, who is hearing the case, first refused to
allow Dr. Gossage to speak as a witness. After a long attack on the
decision by Mr. Cram, the Judge finally relented and reluctantly decided
to allow him to speak.

When Cram first moved to have Gossage take the witness stand, the Judge
questioned it's applicability.  'Why should I allow this witness? What
applicability does he have to your case?' -- was the judge's line of 
questioning

Cram replied that the Judge had  have said that his allegations were 
unfounded.  To purge himself of these charges,  he need to prove that 
his allegations were, in fact, well founded.

The judge ultimately did allow the doctor to approach the witness stand.
Dr. Gossage  starts to move.  He got to within 4 feet of the witness
stand.
Mr. Peter Ewert  - (who, in 1992,  held the post of "Assistant Deputy
minister for Civil unrest, aboriginal , and environmental issues"
stood up and said that he had had a psychiatrist in court.
surreptitiously watching Cram's actions, and that he would like to have
Cram examined to determine his fitness to stand trial.

This effectively stopped Cram's motion to have Gossage take the stand.

Cram, who had a psychiatrist in court in response to the Crown Council's
retention of a psychiatrist, conferred with his own psychiatrist. After
talking for a while, they decided that they would need some time to
prepare for the examination. Some negotiations took place, and it was
decided to continue the trial on Friday.

Jack's ability to have Gossage take the stand may have been defeated by
this motion.  During the time that Jack is being examined to determine
his ability to stand trial, some people fear that somebody may move
against Dr. Gossage and pressure him to either not take the stand, or
even change his testimony.

Although some people feel that the more serious threat is that Cram will
be found unfit for trial, by the psychiatrist for the prosecution, it
seems most unlikely that such a charge could stand up to public scrutiny
-- especially in light of the way that cram has carried himself in the
course of his trial, so far.

Stay tuned. More on Friday - I'm sure.

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A quick history of Dr. Gossage's case:

As a  very quick history of the Gossage case:
 Almost all of this information is culled, almost verbatim, from the (40
page) submission that Jack Cram made to the court on this Monday (May
30).
A longer post (with more information on side-plots) will be made in a
separate article.

In January, 1991, Cram used Dr. Gossage as an expert witness for the
defense of a Mr. Golovin in a case of alleged child abuse. The Defense
wins.

In March 1991, one of the complainants in the criminal case starts a
civil suit against Mr. Golvin. The source of her resources to mount such
a case is in question.

April 1991 to March 1993, the civil proceedings against Mr. Golvin move
slowly.

Fall 1992 complaints are received, by police, that Dr. Gossage abused a
child. The complaints appear to be hushed up.  The parents pressure the
Attorney General to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate.

December 1992: Cram takes on the case of Renate Andreas-Auger who appears
to have had her practice improperly destroyed by the Law Society of B.C.
after voicing complaints about apparent improprieties in the handling of
a massive native land claims case. (Delgamuukw)

February 14, 1993 - Chief Justice Esson quietly hires Jackie Morris as
his law officer. (Jackie is accused of defaming Renate Andreas-Auger and,
later, of coordinating the destruction of Renate's law practice)

February 16, 1993 - Cram files a lawsuit against Jackie Morris for
defamatory and racist statements made in the process of the destruction
of Renate's practice.  (It was not revealed, until July 1993, that Ms.
Morris had been hired by Chief justice Essen).

February 17, 1993 - The Attorney General, Colin Gabelmann, appoints Peter
Leask Q.C. as the special prosecutor for the complaints of child
molesting made against Dr. Gossage. No report has been received to date.
(19 months)
Mr. Leask shares an address (111 Water St.) with many of the lawyers
about whom Andreas-Auger had raised serious questions  WRT actions
in the Delgamuukw case. Mr. Leask had also been appointed Chairman of the
Disciplinary Committee of the Law Society approximately 2 months before
the verdict in the Delgamuukw case was announced.

March 3, 1993 - Megan Ellis, of the same address as Mr. Leask and the
Natives' lawyers [[111 water]] , brings the Singer v. Golovin damage
action to life by setting a trial date: February 14, 1994 for 3 weeks.

March 10, 1993 - David Crossin as counsel for Dr. Gossage successfully
applies ex parte in camera to Chief Justice Esson for a "gag order" to
prohibit any publicity about the allegations of child molesting being
made against Dr. Gossage.
(Note: Mr. Crossin represents the Chief Justice Essen's chosen assistant-
-  Jackie Morris in the defamation that Mr. Cram is running for Andreas-
Auger)

The gag order did not include an any sort of injunction against Dr.
Gossage seeing children without the presence of an independent adult.

At some point in this process Mr. Crossin directed Dr. Gossage to Not let
Cram know about the law-suit and gag order.

July 7, 1993 - Jack Cram discovers and expresses vigorous disapproval at
the fact that Chief Justice Esson, Associate Chief Justice Campbell, Mr.
Justice Hall, David Crossin and his partner, Jeff Scouten, the Law
Society and Jackie Morris have all participated in a cover-up of the
position offered to and accepted by Jackie Morris with the Chief Justice
and Associate Chief Justice.

February 10, 1994 - The February 14, 1994 trial date in Singer v.
Golovin, where Cram represents Mr. Golovin with Dr. Gossage as his expert
on child abuse is nearing.  Three things happen that day:
     
     1. Jack files a formal complaint with the Canadian Judicial
     Council  against  Chief  Justice  Esson,  Associate  Chief
     Justice  Campbell,  Madam Justice Allen  and  Mr.  Justice
     Hall.   The  complaint against the Chief Justice  and  Mr.
     Justice  Hall  relates to the cover-up of  the  hiring  of
     Jackie Morris.
     
     2. Dr.  Gossage  sends Cram an "URGENT" fax (which  he  had
     never  done  before in the 10 or so cases they had  worked
     on)  confirming that he would attend to give his testimony
     in Singer v. Golovin on February 21, 1994.
     
     3. Chief Justice Esson scheduled February 21, 1994 to  hear
     an  application to lift the "gag order" against  publicity
     relating to the allegations that Dr. Gossage was  a  child
     molester.

February 21, 1994: The gag order is released. The information had
apparently been pre-released to the press.

A longer summary (which includes more of the side-plots in the case) will
be posted as "Gossage History"
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Stephen Samuel 		(604)876-0426		samuel@cs.ubc.ca
Only when the last fish is caught, the last river poisoned, the last tree cut-
Only then will you realize that money cannot be eaten. (Cree prophesy)