No Dog License? You Baaad Boy!
Habeas Corpus – actual situation in action
Dog License
One of or Saturday morning members (hereafter our friend) was arrested for “not having a dog license”. The funny part of this story is going to be that, he doesn’t have a dog! I am going to leave some details out here but State Troopers (New York) came to his house to abduct him. They took him with no coat and slippers. Our friend asked to see a warrant. Of course you can't ask them that because they don't need one. Surprise! No affidavit and no details of what they were their for except failure to license a dog. It is noted here, NOT a jailable offense. You see this started by a dog 'officer' coming to his house asking him if his dog was licensed. He requested, nicely I might add, for her to leave the property. Ah, ow, bucking the 'authorities'! You can't do that in America! Back to the story.They hauled him to see da judge. The judge asked him if he understood the charges. He said, “I don’t have the misdemeanor complaint to be able to understand the charges.” They didn't even have a proper warrant. The judge at that point, like they usually do, got mad and stuck him in the lockup. Our friend is a 'real' crimminal, oh my! He was in jail in very bad conditions health and sanitation wise, called another member on Saturday to get a habeas corpus in the works. Two other members went to the jail Sunday to try to get him released by word, to no avail. They would not even allow them to see or get a message to him. Thank God for phones in jail! Then getting a properly made habeas corpus together, Monday went down to submit it. Now there are a lot of details here, but we will be offering the tape of the testimony of our friends with a habeas lesson soon. When all is said and done the habeas got our friend out. Our friends set off a (in toung and cheek words) nuclear explosion by putting a habeas in to free him. More to come.....
- posted by Rochester L.A.W. @ 9:44 PM