Amidst all the talk of treason, here's some charges that were actually laid before magistrates:
NB: Notice Norris McWhirter was careful to specify Treason rather than High Treason, as he didn't approve of the death penalty...
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THE TREASON CASES LAID BEFORE THE COURTS IN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND
The following are the charges which Rodney Atkinson and Norris McWhirter laid before the magistrates' court. in Hexham, Northumberland on 9th September 1993, under "Misprision of Treason".
The procedure of "misprision" is applicable to those who know of acts of either treason or terrorism and who, in the event that they did NOT report. them to the proper authorities, would themselves be guilty of those crimes.
All the "informations" laid before the magistrates were preceded by the following words:
"It being an offence at Common Law (see Halsbury 4th edition vol. 11 at 818) for a person who knows that treason is being planned or committed, not to report. the same as soon as he can to a justice of the peace we hereby lay the following information."
Case 1:
Whereas it is an offence under Section 1 of the Treason Act 1795 "within the realm or without ... to devise ... constraint of the person of our sovereign ... his heirs or successors."
On 7th February 1992 the Rt. Hon. Douglas Richard Hurd, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, King Charles Street, London SW1 and the Rt. Hon. The Hon. Francis Anthony Aylmer Maude at that date Financial Secretary to the Treasury, HM Treasury, Parliament Street, London SW1 did sign a Treaty of European Union at Maastricht in the Netherlands, according to Article 8 of which Her Majesty the Queen becomes a citizen of the European Union (confirmed by the Home Secretary in the House of Commons: Hansard 1st February 1993) therefore "subject to the duties imposed thereby", subject to being arraigned in her own Courts and being taxed under Article 192 of the integrated Treaty and thereby effectively deposed as the sovereign and placed in a position of suzerainty under the power of the "European Union".
Therefore the said Rt. Hon. Douglas Hurd and the said Rt. Hon. the Hon. Francis Maude are guilty of treason.
Case 2:
Whereas it is an offence under section 1 of the Treason Act 1795 to engage in actions "tending to the overthrow of the laws, government and happy constitution" of the United Kingdom ... etc.. Hurd and Maude.... etc.. did sign a Treaty of European Union ... according to Article 8 of which "every person holding the nationality of a member state shall be a citizen of the Union" and according to Article 8a of which such citizens "shall have the right to move and reside freely within the territory" of any member state and according to Article 8b of which such citizens shall have the right to vote and according to which "Declaration on nationality" in the Final Act "the question whether an individual possesses the nationality of a member state shall be settled solely by reference to the national law of the member state concerned."
And that therefore the British people and Parliament will have no right to determine the numbers or identity of non-British nationals to whom other European Union member states can give residence rights and voting rights in the United Kingdom.
And whereas according to the Act of Settlement 1700 S4 "The Laws of England are the birthright of the People".
And whereas Sir Robert. Megarry (Blackburn v Attorney General, Chancery Division 1983 Ch77, 89) has stated that
"And a matter of law the courts of England recognise Parliament as being omnipotent in all save the power to destroy its omnipotence."
Therefore the said Rt. Hon. Douglas Hurd and the said Rt. Hon. The Hon. Francis Maude are guilty of treason.
Case 3:
Whereas it is an offence under the Act of Settlement (1700) for any "person born out of the Kingdoms of England, Scotland or Ireland or the Dominions thereunto ... shall be capable to be ... a Member of either House of Parliament"
And whereas according to R v Thistlewood 1820 "to destroy the constitution of the country" is an act of treason.
And whereas the term "municipal" has been defined by the European Court of Justice in 1972 as meaning "national":
"... the treaty entails a definitive limitation of the sovereign rights of member states against which no provisions of municipal law whatever their nature, can be involved."
and similarly defined by Lord Justice Cumming Bruce giving the majority verdict in McCarthy v Smith 1979 ICR 785,798:
"If the terms of the Treaty (of Rome) are adjudged in Luxembourg to be inconsistent with the provisions of the Equal Pay Act 1970, European Law will prevail over that municipal legislation"
Hurd and Maude...etc.. did sign a Treaty.... etc.. according to Article 8b of which "Every citizen of the Union residing in a member state of which he is not a national shall have the right to vote and stand as a candidate at municipal elections in the Member State in which he resides."
Therefore the said Rt. Hon. Douglas Hurd and the said the Rt. Hon. Francis Maude are guilty of treason.
Case 4:
Whereas the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a monarchy in which Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is sovereign and Head of State and a democracy, whereby the people of that United Kingdom rule by delegating their authority for periods of up to 5 years to the Parliament and Government in London.
And whereas, according to the Act of Settlement 1700 S4 "The laws of England are the birthright of the people"
And whereas Sir Robert Megarry (Blackburn v Attorney General, Chancery Division 1983 Ch 77,89) has stated that
"As a matter of law the courts of England recognise Parliament as being omnipotent in all save the power to destroy its own omnipotence."
And whereas according to R v Thistlewood 1820 to "destroy the Constitution" is an act of treason.
.... Hurd and Maude...etc.. did sign a treaty...etc.. according to Article 8 of which the British people, without their consent have been made the citizens of the European Union with duties towards the same and according to Article 192 of the integrated treaty the British people can be taxed directly by that European Union without further process in the Westminster Parliament and according to Article 171 of which the British State can be forced to pay a monetary penalty to the European Union.
Therefore the said Rt. Hon. Douglas Hurd and the said the Rt. Hon. Francis Maude are guilty of treason.
Case 5:
Whereas, in accordance with the Coronation Oath Act, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II swore at Her Coronation in 1953 that she would govern Her subjects "according to their laws".
And whereas it is an offence under Section 1 of the Treason Act 1795 "within the realm or without...to devise...constraint of the person of our sovereign...his heirs or successors"
Hurd and Maude.... etc.. did sign a Treaty.... etc.. which extended the powers of the European Commission, the European Court. of Justice and the European Parliament in the new "European Union" to make and enforce in the United Kingdom laws which do not originate in the Westminster Parliament. And that this loss of democratic rights was without the express consent of the British people.
And whereas, according to the Act of Settlement 1700 S4 "The Laws of England are the Birthright of the people"
And whereas Lord Justice Robert. Megarry (Blackburn v Attorney General, Chancery Division 1983 Ch 77,89) has stated that
"As a matter of law the courts of England recognise Parliament as being omnipotent in all save the power to destroy its omnipotence."
Therefore the said Rt. Hon. Douglas Hurd and the said the Rt. Hon. Francis Maude are guilty of treason.
Case 6:
Whereas it was established in 1932 that "No Parliament may bind its successors" (Vauxhall Estates v Liverpool Corporation IKB 733)
And whereas according to R v Thistlewood 1820 to destroy the constitution is an act of treason.
Hurd and Maude etc.. ...did sign a Treaty...according to which Article Q of which the Maastricht Treaty "is concluded for an unlimited period" and from which there is no right of nor mechanism for secession.
Therefore the said Rt. Hon. Douglas Hurd and the said the Rt. Hon. Francis Maude are guilty of treason.
This is one of the more extraordinary aspects of the Maastricht Treaty since it provides a direct parallel with that other "Union", the American Union signed by the Southern, confederate states on the assumption that they could leave that Union whenever they wished. But they had omitted to ensure that both the right to and mechanism for withdrawal were included specifically in the Union declaration. As a result, the American President Abraham Lincoln (inaugural address 4th March 1861) justified war against the southern states by saying:
"No state upon its own mere motion can lawfully get out of the Union"
It was this issue and not the question of slavery (for which Lincoln had expressed accommodation in his inaugural address) which caused the American Civil War in which 600,000 died. The northern states were engaged not on a moral crusade but on an imperialist adventure, using the industrial and military might of the North to conquer the largely rural, raw material producing South.
Although the European Union as yet possesses no significant armed forces, this is the ultimate intention and an embryo Franco German force has already been set up. The possible exit from this "Union" of Britain, the second biggest paymaster, with the richest coal, oil and fishing reserves in Europe and with the world's largest investments in the American economy might one day tempt this new breed of Eurofascist to use the logic of Abraham Lincoln.