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Well, since you are on your feet, perhaps you can comment on the following. I am becoming increasingly concerned about one particular area, and I feel that perhaps counsel are not being as cooperative in this Court as they could be. I am advised that there are 111 money orders and that these money orders bear the endorsement of the accused Zelensky and that the total amount of these money orders comes to eighteen thousand, seven hundred and some odd dollars. I am aware further, and 1 have heard from Mr. Labman to the effect that legitimate purchases by Zelensky amounted to a hundred and seventy some odd dollars and that proof could be made of them. I have asked on repeated occasions that counsel get together for the purpose of my being better able to deal with the application for compensation in this Court, regardless of what other application may be taken in some other forum, and there appears to have been very little in the way of cooperation, and I am referring specifically from Mr. Ornstein's office. I am faced at this point in time with evidence of all those money orders endorsed by the accused amounting to eighteen thousand plus dollars, combined with, and this cannot be overlooked, combined with a plea of guilty to an offence of theft of eighteen thousand dollars more or less, plus the certain amount of merchandise that was stolen. Now bearing that in mind, and keeping in mind completely that there is an application in another forum and there has been an application for compensation made before me in this Court, there is evidence before me in this Court to support that application. I have, short of begging counsel, I have requested time and time again for them to get together and come up with the figure which the two of them would be in agreement with, and they are no closer to agreement now than they were at the commencement, except for
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