--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 2/3/06 3:30 PM, bbrigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > If Leon was arrested entering Switzerland, then he certainly did not > > pay a bribe, but a fine to the court. It's not impossible that if he > > was caught exiting Spain without declaring the money, > > That's what happened. > > >that he did > > pay a bribe after being arrested, > > That too. Billy Clayton and Shannon Dickson flew to Madrid with a briefcase > full of money which they handed over to some officials to get him out. I > don't know why the officials didn't just take the money Leon was trying to > smuggle. Maybe it was insufficient. > > >but it's more likely that he would > > also have paid a legitimate fine to the Spanish court just as he > > would have in Switzerland (or the U.S., where penalties for failure > > to declare can be catastrophic -- they can seize all the money/etc > > not declared). > > The way I heard the story from Shannon, it didn't sound legitimate. Shannon > didn't think it was. >
Smuggling money obviously isn't "legitimate," but bribery was the usual way of handling court issues back then in Spain, or so I have gathered. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
