{"id":99727,"date":"2020-06-26T09:20:45","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T16:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=99727"},"modified":"2020-06-26T09:20:45","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T16:20:45","slug":"correspondence-on-habeas-corpus-hearing-november-1977","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=99727","title":{"rendered":"Correspondence on Habeas Corpus Hearing, November 1977"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Letterhead of Lionel Luckhoo, Guyana attorney for Peoples Temple, Jim Jones, and Joyce Touchette]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">24th November, 1977<\/p>\n<p>His Honour,<br \/>\nMr. Justice Bishop,<br \/>\nSupreme Court,<br \/>\nGeorgetown.<\/p>\n<p>Dear Judge,<\/p>\n<p>I understand that the <u>Habeas Corpus<\/u> proceedings and our application on behalf of <u>Touchette<\/u> is now fixed for the 10th December, when a fixture will be made. I do ask please that the further hearing continues on 10th December or an earlier date be fixed to obtain a hearing fixture.<\/p>\n<p>As I shall be away for an extended period abroad, I ask, Sir, that this matter may be concluded at your earliest convenience please.<\/p>\n<p>Yours respectfully,<br \/>\n\/s\/ Lionel Luckhoo<br \/>\nLionel Luckhoo<\/p>\n<p>CC: Mr. Clarence Hughes,<br \/>\nBarrister-at Law.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">-2-<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">26th November, 77<\/p>\n<p>Dear Sir Lionel,<\/p>\n<p>Re: <u>Habeas Corpus proceedings<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>I acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 24th November, 1977 but regret to state that it will not be possible for me to adjust my list to conform with your proposal; there are several matters of similar importance already fixed for hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Yours sincerely.<br \/>\n\/s\/ Dyal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Letterhead of Lionel Luckhoo, Guyana attorney for Peoples Temple, Jim Jones, and Joyce Touchette] 24th November, 1977 His Honour, Mr. Justice Bishop, Supreme Court, Georgetown. Dear Judge, I understand that the Habeas Corpus proceedings and our application on behalf of Touchette is now fixed for the 10th December, when a fixture will be made. I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":88309,"menu_order":22,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-99727","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=99727"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99728,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99727\/revisions\/99728"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=99727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}