How should Australia handle ‘sovereign citizens’ clogging the courts? A former magistrate explains
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
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
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