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<p>[QUOTE="midas1, post: 1229231, member: 21309"]**But I thought the government had proof that they never sent 1933 Doubles to the exchange window. That was the basis of their case.**</p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect most of us have read about most all federal agencies being unable to account for firearms, notebooks with sensitive information, thousands of computers gone missing, ad nauseam. Until they were audited these agencies reported the equipment was present and accounted for and had records to prove it. Most anybody with experience with government records would be very skeptical of eighty year old government records. </p><p>In this case the jury decided to give weight to hearsay and government "records" that are almost eighty years old. Clearly they do not understand government record keeping. </p><p><br /></p><p>OK, I chalk this one up to the lawyers. To quote Lenny Bruce, RIP, In the Halls of Justice the only justice is in the halls.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="midas1, post: 1229231, member: 21309"]**But I thought the government had proof that they never sent 1933 Doubles to the exchange window. That was the basis of their case.** I suspect most of us have read about most all federal agencies being unable to account for firearms, notebooks with sensitive information, thousands of computers gone missing, ad nauseam. Until they were audited these agencies reported the equipment was present and accounted for and had records to prove it. Most anybody with experience with government records would be very skeptical of eighty year old government records. In this case the jury decided to give weight to hearsay and government "records" that are almost eighty years old. Clearly they do not understand government record keeping. OK, I chalk this one up to the lawyers. To quote Lenny Bruce, RIP, In the Halls of Justice the only justice is in the halls.[/QUOTE]
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