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Robillard : 1901
DIR By: HowBrown1953
Date: July 31, 2023, 2:06 pm
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Pete Daamgard suggested that it would be a good idea to focus on
Robillard and his conduct in 1901.
Briefly :
When James Jennings, after being handed a key from Ovide
Robillard that came from George Damon, Jennings told him
point-blank that it was not the key.
Robillard did not relay this information to Governor Odell.
Alternatively:
When Jennings was handed the key and told Robillard that it
wasn't the right key but if Jennings was mistaken and it really
was the key, a fact which Robillard couldn't have presumed,
Robillard
still didn't inform the Governor.
Either way, Robillard suppressed critical information in a legal
case to the benefit of his client.
Your thoughts...........
#Post#: 1965--------------------------------------------------
Re: Robillard : 1901
DIR By: HowBrown1953
Date: August 2, 2023, 11:14 am
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....and furthermore !
On May 20th, the date of George Damon's first and up to
recently, only known affidavit, all was hunky-dory for Robillard
and the hopes of the 6th pardon campaign.
On June 10th, the date of the aforementioned Jennings'
affidavit, Robillard is faced with the first of two
pardon-ending declarations when Jennings tells him the key isn't
a match.
Robillard doesn't mention it as it would be counter-productive
in the extreme for this 6th and potentially final pardon effort
if this statement is learned of by those in charge of releasing
Ali.
Then, on July 2nd, Damon comes up with a composite of his hired
hand that does not match that of C. Kniclo.
Again, Robillard doesn't mention this to anyone in the
Governor's or D.A.'s office.
It is these two 'oversights' that led to the Governor's decision
to release Ali.
#Post#: 1966--------------------------------------------------
Re: Robillard : 1901
DIR By: HowBrown1953
Date: August 2, 2023, 2:53 pm
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It would have been a matter of the face of France having egg all
over it had Robillard not kept things under wraps.
Nearly ten years of relentless effort all to blow up over two
serious setbacks like the authenticity of the key and Damon's
imaginary hired hand had to be avoided.
Robillard, of course, had to be alarmed even before July 2nd
when Damon signed that affidavit.
His first cause of concern occurred on June 10th with Jennings.
He had to wonder about the entirety of Damon's story the instant
Jennings said the key wasn't a match.
Even before he and Robert Butler went to Mulberry Street with
Damon on July 1st, he must have been concerned.
Then, after Damon stated the hired hand didn't have a mustache,
had a different build than the fellow Miniter described, and had
a hitch to his gait which would have been noticed
by Miniter, he felt he had no choice but to clam up.
Robillard attended each day of the June-July trial and heard the
description of C. Kniclo from Mary Miniter's lips and read about
it in the newspapers,
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