A cairn is a human-made pile (or stack) of stones. The word cairn comes from the Scottish Gaelic: cÃ rn [ËkÊ°aËrË nÌªË ] (plural cÃ irn [ËkÊ°aËrË É²]). Cairns have been and are used for a broad variety of purposes, from prehistoric times to the present.
Duffy, who is at the end of his third week of a lengthy criminal trial, is facing 31 charges in total, all but one of them for fraud and breach of trust. He also faces a bribery charge for accepting $90,000 from former chief of staff Nigel Wright to pay off his living expenses. Duffy also charged the Senateâs standard $50 fee for private accommodation to stay with âfriends,â totalling $150 over three nights. 2  According to his diary, Duffy stayed at least one night with his son Gavin in Vancouver.
Generally speaking, the transcript for a jury trial that lasts for 5 days can easily be in the range of $4,000 to $5,000. Again, the cost depends on a number of factors, including the applicable cost per page of the transcript, and how many hours of testimony took place each day.