The second day of Bruce and and Donna Montague’s trial on
weapons-related charges dating back to 2004 proceeded Thursday
By Garett Williams
Friday November 16, 2007
The second day of Bruce and and Donna Montague’s trial on
weapons-related charges dating back to 2004 proceeded Thursday with the
Crown calling its second witness and presenting firearms related to the
charges to the jury for the first time.
After the morning was spent arguing the admissibility of evidence
without the jury present, the trial resumed in the afternoon with Crown
attorney Peter Keen calling Const. Glen Fraser to the stand.
A former OPP officer, who now works for the RCMP, Fraser was on site
for the second search and responsible for logging and documenting the
items -- firearms, ammunition and literature -- recovered from a hidden
room in the Montagues’ basement.
The 53 charges against Bruce Montague include unauthorized possession
and careless storage of non-restricted firearms, explosives and
restricted firearms. His wife, Donna, is facing three charges -- the
unauthorized possession of a firearm and two counts of careless storage
of a firearm.
Fraser identified the rifle and sign Montague was wearing when he was
arrested at a Dryden gun show in 2004. The sign said the gun was
unregistered and for sale. He also identified rounds of ammunition,
magazines and a shoulder holster recovered from the room.
The jury was presented several firearms, including a rifle with a hole
drilled through the serial number and hand guns bearing for sale tags.
The day ended as it begun, with the jury being excused while defence
council Doug Christie and the Crown argued the admissibility of
literature found in the hidden room.
The trial comes a week after the Montagues’ constitutional challenge of
the federal Firearms Act -- which aimed to strike out sections of the
Criminal Code of Canada related to the act, to have their criminal
charges dismissed and to have the Firearms Act declared
unconstitutional -- was dismissed by Justice John Wright.
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