Committees of Safety

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PROVINCIAL COURT
John James due in court tomorrow after Judge enters not-guilty pleas on his behalf


A 56-year-old man who refused to enter pleas had them entered for him before a Charlottetown judge recently set his case over for trial.A man who said the police didn’t have permission to use his name and claimed the attorney general didn’t give the Crown standing in his case will be back in court next week.

John James , 56, appeared before Chief Judge Nancy Orr in provincial court in Charlottetown recently to face three charges.

MacLean is charged with a probation breach, driving while disqualified and breaching an undertaking.

During his brief court appearance, MacLean, who was in custody and represented himself, said he didn’t think the attorney general gave the Crown permission to proceed with the case.


“It’s a fraud on the court here,” MacLean said.



It’s a stance Orr disagreed with when she refused to dismiss the case after MacLean said he wasn’t willing to enter a plea.

MacLean repeatedly said the Crown had no standing in the case, to which Orr responded by saying he was incorrect.

That led to a warning from MacLean.

“You move along at your own peril, then, your honour,” he said.

MacLean tried to argue the charges weren’t valid because the police didn’t have permission to use his name, including on the document that listed details about those charges, which is known as an information.

The information filed started the process, which was fraudulent, MacLean said.

“I’m trying to help you out here, your honour.”

MacLean refused to enter any pleas because he said doing so would give the provincial court jurisdiction over the matter, which he didn’t believe it had.

After the case was adjourned, MacLean was back in court the next morning before a justice of the peace for a show cause hearing to determine if he should be held in custody.real drama or real dumb integrity is the ocean in this fabled sea but what's dumb/