An election has been made in the fraud case against five high-ranking former Mosquito First Nation officials.
An election of trial by judge and jury was entered Monday morning before Judge Bruce Bauer.
Facing charges are Derrick Graham, Milton Oxebin, Elbert Pahsaknunk, Anderson Moosomin and former chief Noel Stone Jr. The election was entered by Graham’s defence lawyer Nicholas Stooshinoff, who appeared by phone Monday.
Among the counts Graham, Oxebin, Pahsaknunk and Stone face include fraud and disobeying a statute, while Moosomin only faces a forgery charge.
Before a trial goes ahead a preliminary hearing will be held. Dates for the preliminary hearing are set for June 15 to 19 in provincial court, North Battleford. The Crown estimates in excess of 20 witnesses to be called.
A pretrial conference is also set to go ahead April 16 in provincial court at 9 a.m.
