To:
Mr. Gearoid Geraghty (Lawyer)
Fair & Murtagh (Law Firm)
Society Street
Ballinasloe
County Galway
Republic of Ireland.
Your reference: 10907/11/F
Dear Mr. Geraghty,
Thank you for the letter dated October 10th 2002
which you sent to my Republic of Ireland address. Thanks also for the
help you provided in Loughrea District Court on October 9th 2002.
As I have been living at different addresses
outside of Ireland since October 8th last, I did not manage to
actually see the contents of your letter until very recently - after
my half-sister Ms Margie Dolan (who lives near my brother Mr Gerald
Finnerty in New Inn village) sent a copy of it to me at my present
temporary address in England.
With reference to the matter of I having "some
legal defence" (as you have put it), please note that although the
Judge seems to have given no hint of it in Court (judging by your
brief account of what took place on the day), I did in fact try VERY
vigorously to defend myself in the weeks leading up to the court
hearing on October 9th 2002; and, that it was only when all of the
people I wrote to seemed to be completely ignoring my letters that I
finally decided it would be unwise (and unsafe
possibly) for me to remain any longer within the Republic of Ireland
jurisdiction. Basically, I
felt that I was being lined up (in a sly and insidious way) for a
corrupt and malicious criminal conviction for assault.
Those I wrote in the weeks leading up to my court
hearing on October 9th 2002 included the Director of Public
Prosecutions (Mr James Hamilton), the Chief of Police (Commissioner
Pat Byrne), Prime Minister Ahern, President Mary McAleese, the
Chairman of the European Union/Parliament Committee on Petitions (Mr
Gemelli), and - last but not least - the Chief Clerk to Loughrea
District Court (Mr Brendan McDonald). Details of my efforts, including
scanned copies of the Post Office registered letter receipts
associated with the several letters in question, can be found by
looking in the section I have included below under the heading:
"Defence Efforts".
My friend Mr ****** has informed me that he
approached you in Loughrea Court House on October 9th 2002 because
he was very concerned about the way my brother (Mr. Gerald
Finnerty) seemed to be so worried at the time. I was very pleased to
learn that Mr ****** sought your help, and that you responded
in the way which you did.
Please note that my brother had all along given
me the impression that he did not need to attend the Loughrea
Court hearing on October 9th 2002. As I pointed out in paragraph 10 of
the letter referred to below dated September 28th 2002 to the Director
of Public Prosecutions (Mr James Hamilton), I had sent
copies of correspondence containing outline information
relating to my October 9 2002 court hearing by hand (via my half-sister
and psychiatric nurse Mr William Ward) to consultant
psychiatrist Dr Anne Jeffers of the Western Health Board. (My brother and
half-sister have both been under the care of Dr Jeffers for a number of
years now, and Mr Ward normally visits them both in New Inn on a very
regular basis every second Friday.)
When my brother gave me the impression that he
had NOT been asked to attend court, I tended to assume that Dr Jeffers
must have lawfully intervened in some way which made it unnecessary
for him to be present in Loughrea Court on October 9th last.
Some weeks after the event, my half-sister informed me that my
brother was so upset and worried about having to appear in court that he
could not bring himself to talk to anyone about it. (Please note
that it was precisely because of this known tendency of my
brother not to talk about things which are troubling him that I took
steps to ensure Nurse Ward and Dr Jeffers were both aware of the
general situation.)
If, after considering the overall nature of my
legal difficulties, you feel you can provide me with any further
legal help I would be very pleased to hear from you again.
The two questions which I would most like
answers to at the present time are:
1) Do I now have a criminal conviction for assault? - as a
result of I shouting at Mr Hoey (of Galway County Council) following
his complete refusal during the run-up to last May's General Election
in the Republic of Ireland to take a look at the illegal sewage
discharges (from the Primary School) which were going into the air,
and into the river, right in the middle of New Inn village. Please
note that at the time I asked him, Mr Hoey was at my brother's
business premises - which is just 50 yards or so from the illegal air
and water discharges in question. As you may already know, the
purpose of Mr Hoey's visit was to complain about a sign I had just
erected which contained the address of an Internet web site. Much of
the contents of the web site (
www.finnachta.com ) involved information on the high levels of
corruption in the Republic of Ireland: information which (for the most
part) the normal media appeared to be ignoring in the run-up to the
election.
2) With regard to the warrant which has been
issued for my arrest on October 9th 2002, and the fact that you have
to be notified regarding its execution, what exactly does this
mean, in practical terms, if I re-enter the Republic of Ireland
jurisdiction? (With regard to this particular question, please note
that the only home I own, and almost all of my possessions are at
present located in New Inn village.)
It would be best for me if you could write to me
at one of the following e-mail addresses:
wfinnerty@eircom.net ; or,
(the one I am sending this e-mail from):
billyfinnerty1945@hotmail.com . Should this provide you with any
difficulty please use the New Inn postal address provided below (which
you used earlier). I will ask my brother to watch out for a letter
from you, and he can read it out to me over the telephone.
Later today I intend to send a printed (and
signed) copy of this e-mail to you through the post.
Sincerely,
Mr William Finnerty.
"St Albans"
New Inn
Ballinasloe.
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DEFENCE EFFORTS
(Relating to October 9th 2002 Court Hearing in
Loughrea)
(1) I sent an e-mail letter (backed up by a
signed printed version sent through the registered post) to the
Director of Public Prosecutions (Mr James Hamilton) regarding the
matter on August 17th 2002. The letter in question was copied to the
Clerk of the Court in Loughrea (Mr Brendan McDonald). Copies of the
text of this letter, together with copies of the five associated Post
Office registered letter receipts, can be seen at www page
address:
http://homepage.eircom.net/~williamfinnerty/DPP_.htm
(2) With clear reference to Petition 809/2001, I
sought help from the Chairman of the European Union/Parliament
Committee on Petitions (Mr Gemelli) in an e-mail letter (backed up by a
signed printed copy I sent to him through the registered post on
September 7th 2002). I have not received ANY reply from him (or from
any of those who were sent copies). A copy of the text of this letter,
together with five associated Post Office registered letter
receipts, can be seen at www page address:
http://www.finnachta.com/11Sept2002_.htm
(3) I sent a second e-mail letter (backed up by
a printed signed copy) to the Director of Public Prosecutions (Mr
James Hamilton) on September 21st 2002 - requesting that the
hearing of my case be deferred on account of the fact that I had not
received any reply from Mr Gemelli. Please note that in Section E
of this letter I pointed out to the DPP that I had no intention
WHATSOEVER of appearing in court unless I was in receipt of a
satisfactory written reply from Mr Gemelli to my letter to him dated
September 7th 2002.
Also in section E of the same letter, I made it
clear that I had decided not to spend any more of my time and
money trying to find Republic of Ireland lawyers who might help me:
unless Mr Kenneth Murphy (Director General of The Law Society of
Ireland) replied to the two letters I sent to him through the
registered post some months earlier. A copy of the text of my
September 21st 2002 letter to Mr Hamilton, together with five associated
Post Office registered letter receipts, can be seen at www page
address:
http://homepage.eircom.net/~williamfinnerty/21Sept2002_.htm
(4) I sent a third e-mail letter (backed up by a
signed printed copy) regarding the matter to the Director of
Public Prosecutions (Mr James Hamilton) on September 28th 2002 -
pointing out (among several other things) that I intended to leave
the country in circumstances where he appeared to be unwilling
to defer the hearing of my case to a later date. At this stage Mr
Hamilton had of course already been informed about the difficulties I
was having with finding a defence lawyer: e.g. that I had not
received any reply from Mr Gemelli, or from Mr Murphy - as referred
to above. A copy of the text of my letter dated September 28th 2002
letter to Mr Hamilton, together with five associated Post
Office registered letter receipts, can be seen at www page
address:
http://homepage.eircom.net/~williamfinnerty/28Sept2002_.htm
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