"U" be the Judge, Ballarat County Court received 03/11/08

Letter from magistrate's Court Ballarat, Stephen Merback Senior Registrar dated 31 October 2008

Les McDonald,
Address

Dear Mr. McDonald

I have received a request for tan script from you re a committal hearing at Horsahm on 16/10/2008.

We cannot provide a copy of the recording.

Committals are transcribed by VGRS, you will receive a transcript of the hearing when it is produced.

Yours sincerely
signed
Stephen Merbach
Senior Registrar

Advocate, The Defendant requested a copy of Digital recording as previously obtained during this court matter, as all defendants are entitled to obtain Digital recording from the Magistrate's Courts, Based on past experience, court typed transcript, can leave out relevant issues that the defendant relies on in his defence. The defendant may also need the Digital recording, as to support his concerns regarding the threatening manner of the magistrate, The Magistrates Court Act, does say the the defendant can obtain Digital recording of the hearing, up till last month this was the case, We trust that this has not also be change since the beging of this case.