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Protesters found guilty of trespassing at Lowell wind project
"We thought for sure we were on the Nelson's land. We had a string measure the distance. We had talked to a surveyor who's going to testify," Ryan Gillard said.
Gillard says he's unsure how the state can try them for trespass when the civil court has not settled a lawsuit about who the land in question belongs to.
August 15, 2012
by Jennifer Reading
in WCAX TV
NEWPORT, Vt. - Opponents to the Lowell wind project let the Orleans County courthouse know they had arrived, playing drums and symbols.
Ryan Gillard, Robert Holland, Suzanna Jones, Anne Morse, David Rodgers and Eric Wallace Senft, who call themselves the "Lowell Six," were on trial for allegedly trespassing onto Green Mountain Power's land back in December.
"We thought for sure we were on the Nelson's land. We had a string measure the distance. We had talked to a surveyor who's going to testify," Ryan Gillard said.
Gillard says he's unsure how the state can try them... [continue via Web link]
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