That's sad. He saw it coming, and obviously wanted it to come - but no good
can come of it.
It's difficult to support the idea that the judiciary (whether or not it's
corrupt and/or theoretically illegitimate) can be demolished by direct
protest. Rather, we should be campaigning for transparent standards and
independence of the judiciary from the influences of big business and
executive government. (That's one of the main reasons I voted No to a
republic in which the separation of powers seemed to be under threat.)
Even if misguided, John Wilson showed a commendable spirit in going it alone
for his beliefs. Allowing for his understandable mental state, he was
clearly pushed too far and maybe not offered humane mediation to accept a
compromise. When you venture that close up, the law looks more like a
grizzly bear than an ass.
Regards
Brian Jenkins
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From: alister air <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: Tuesday, 9 November 1999 13:25
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|Seems John Wilson won't be bothering us as much for a couple of years...
|
|Sydney dentist jailed for throwing yellow paint over judge
|
|Source: AAP | Published: Tuesday November 9 2:40:23 PM
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|A dentist was jailed for two years today for hurling yellow paint at a
|judge who had dismissed his case attacking the legal system.
|
|After Justice James Wood imposed the sentence, 57-year-old John Wilson
|was immediately handcuffed in the New South Wales Supreme Court and led
away.
|
|The judge accepted Wilson, of North Rocks in Sydney's north-west, who
|has no criminal record, genuinely believed in the injustice of the legal
|system but said the contempt of court was most serious.
|
|Wilson, who repeatedly told Justice Wood he was entitled to be tried by
|a jury rather than the judge, said he regarded the paintbombs as a
|harmless gesture.
|
|'It was a deliberate attempt to put issues of bank fraud, which have
|caused untold misery and hardship to people of Australia ... and judges
|lying to protect that crime,' he said.
|
|Wilson was found guilty of two counts of contempt after he threw plastic
|bags of paint at Acting Justice Brian Murray, who had just handed down a
|decision in the NSW Supreme Court, on September 5, 1997.
|
|The yellow paint splashed onto the judge's suit, the court reporter's
|dress, the carpet and the bench.
|
|The plastic bags were concealed in a hollowed out ringbound folder.
|
|Justice Murray had dismissed Wilson's claim against seven judicial
|officers whom he alleged were parties to lies and conspired to pervert
|the course of justice when they presided over his dispute with a bank.
|
|Wilson, who acted for himself at today's contempt hearing, repeatedly
|said Justice Wood had no jurisidiction over him and he was entitled to
|be heard by a jury.
|
|'I have found judges are liars, criminals and traitors,' he said.
|
|'I have no confidence in you or the system as it stands, it must be
|rebuilt, it must be dismantled.'
|
|He denied being in contempt of court, saying he had great respect for a
|court when it administered truth and justice, but he said Justice Murray
|had administered injustice.
|
|Further, he said the Supreme Court concealed bank fraud and conspired to
|protect the banks.
|
|In finding the contempt to be very serious, Justice Wood said it was a
|case of premeditation rather than a spontaneous outburst.
|
|In rejecting his call for a jury trial, the judge said it was well
|established the court had the jurisdiction to deal with contempt matters
|through judge-alone hearings.
|
|Fellow member of FLAC (For Legally Abused Citizens) Raymond Lovett told
|the court his friend Wilson was an honest, decent citizen.
|
|'I just wonder whether paint, to some people, is sufficient,' Mr Lovett
said.
|
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