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"Imagine sitting in a crowded local court in Australia, and this happens (names
have been changed):
Court officer: I call the matter of James Burnett
JB: I am the personage known by that name but do not identify for the purposes
of this court.
Judge: Are you James Burnett?
JB: I am known by that name but do not identify. I challenge the jurisdiction
of this court as the Queen did not personally appoint you. The Magna Carta
states that I am a “freemen of our realm for ourselves” and have “distrained to
do more service for a knight’s fee or for any other free tenement than is due”.
Judge: If you are not James Burnett, then I will assume that you are not in
court, and will convict you of this traffic matter in your absence.
JB: You cannot do that because the Royal Coat of Arms behind you means that it
is English law I must answer to.
Judge: Last chance – are you James Burnett?
JB: Only for the purpose of this discourse and not in any legal or corporate
sense without the capitalisation of my name.
Judge: Do you plead guilty or not guilty to the charge of driving unregistered.
JB: I was not driving, I was journeying, and to plead would consent to the
corporate entity known as Corporatus Australis.
I was the magistrate in this case, and it went on like this for 45 minutes.
“James Burnett” is a so-called sovereign citizen, and cases like his are
becoming more common in the courts. The group uses pseudo law – nonsense “law”
that has no basis in fact– to obfuscate and frustrate judicial matters. In the
process, they are clogging Australian courts, something I saw many times as a
magistrate and now observe as a legal academic."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
