In 11-years in law enforcement, I have been in front of my share of judges as a representative of the state. In my time as someone working towards greater freedom with the wonderful activists of the Free State Project I have seen my share of the system crashing down on people who commit victimless acts that are either prohibited by criminal law or the nearly whimsical common-law contempt power of a judge.
With this experience I feel I am in a fairly credible position to say that the judicial professionalism I witnessed under the supervision of Judge Lyons during the trial of State v. Garret Ean on 11/18/11 in Manchester, NH is the example that all judges and court security officers (CSO)/bailiffs in New Hampshire should strive to reach.
Before the trial began, a gentleman who appeared to be the supervisory CSO addressed the audience and asked politely that people turn their phone ringers off. As I looked around I saw something that rude CSO’s would rarely see: activists complying with this polite and reasonable request. During the trial Judge Lyons was extremely insightful and even helpful to Garret with interpreting and explaining the various rules of the circuit court system. He also went well out of his way to either respect the rights of and/or ignore Pete Eyre’s wearing of a Cop Block baseball hat on the stand as he testified.
I hope other judges and CSO’s in this state learn to exhibit as much respect to pro se liberty activist type litigants as Judge Lyons and his subordinate CSO’s did.
Who knows, maybe even the Judicial Branch in New Hampshire is starting to figure out how to deal with liberty activists without the headache: show respect and ignore things that really don’t matter.
Thanks Ian!
And this means what? These machines are in locations that obviously don’t get a lot of use. How much does Jurist get?
Do you have a license or bond that allows you to do this?
http://www.coindesk.com/state-regulation-changes-the-game-for-bitcoin-in-new-hampshire/
thats very cool.. 🙂
Good morning Jacks. If you’re ever in the Concord area you should check out Area 23. They have good food, a unique selection of craft beers and they accept Bitcoin for payment. Tell them David Jurist sent you.
though im protesting that place aka not going there
Jumping Jacks Jacks, Jacks, Jacks, you haven’t already forgotten about this recent news, have you? Whatever will I do with you?
http://www.businessinsider.com/bitcoin-price-january-4-2017-2017-1
DavidCrawford4 Make certain the protest signs you’re carrying remain completely bereft of Walt Disney Company’s intellectual property, David. Otherwise our dear friend Milwaukee might be compelled to make some more phone calls.
DavidJurist You have never said if you are licensed and bonded to place these bitcoin machines in front of businesses. I will have to do some serious checking. Could you imagine if you were doing this illegally? Wow, the trouble you would be facing.
http://www.coindesk.com/state-regulation-changes-the-game-for-bitcoin-in-new-hampshire/
Jumping Jacks DavidJurist Will you be putting a stop to this outrage by making a few anonymous phone calls to the authorities, Jacks?
Jumping Jacks
You don’t know the law. There are circumstances under which operating these machines in certain ways may require the following of certain regulations and/or licenses and such. That is not the case the way they actually are being operated.
libretea Jumping Jacks I am absolutely bursting with anticipation to find out just how Jacks will respond to this, libretea. Do you think he’ll start off complaining about how your rants and raves have nothing to do with the subject of discussion or will he accuse you of sponging off the system because he thinks we all subsist off of SSDI benefits? Or will it be both? Who knows? But I know I’ll be watching this thread closely to see what happens!
libretea Jumping Jacks Have you educated yourself regarding this issue? From what I understand, you have to be licensed and bonded to place these machines in public places.
Jumping Jacks libretea Thar she blows!
You have to be licensed and bonded to put the bitcoin ATMs in the public.
Jumping Jacks Is that so?
DavidJurist Jumping Jacks Yes, that is so.
Jumping Jacks DavidJurist For the record, it’s not an ATM. It’s a vending machine.
DavidJurist Jumping Jacks For the record you are posting a bitcoin ATM without being licensed or bonded You are selling bitcoin. The cost to be licensed and bonded can be up to $10,000.
Jumping Jacks If you know so much about this why don’t you point us to the law. The reality is you don’t know jack shit about what the law says in regard to this issue. You also don’t know whether or not they are bonded. Do you even know what bonded means? I’ll tell you. It’s another way of saying insured. They aren’t connected to an exchange and they don’t need to be licensed as a money transmitter in the way you are thinking.
Jumping Jacks Did you read the article. The whole reason this business owner is allowing the installation of this machine is because he know they *attract* businesses to his establishment. You realize that the machines are relatively rare still and many people are willing to travel to utilize them from great differences in *other states*. Not only is there local demand- but there is demand from far away. The more that go up and the easier it is to get bitcoin the more popular that bincoins will become.