Kevin Flanagan
No, the thing is we believed that at the time. I think a LOT of people still do but without having read the law - you know it might BE true so? But we weren't trying to catch him out, that was the truth at the time to us. Also, the judge wasn't in the room. To my knowledge it is not good court etiquette to address the public gallery esp if the judge is not present. But can I say, the most significant part of that whole day for me, wasn't what I done, it was what those who came to support me done. Because (putting aside the Bill of Exchange Act) they stood their ground when they were ordered to leave. They remained peacefully and as such fully asserted their sovereign inherent power. The judge had to come back out and act like he didn't care, act like nothing had gone on - it was a tremendous sense of the people really holding the power. We do.
Printed copy · Anthology Volume 1, page 271
