Legal lessons

NETWORK Against Prohibition member Robert Alan Fyffe, 48, attempted to give Magistrate Greg Cavanagh a lesson in law in the Darwin Magistrates court on Wednesday.

Mr Fyffe, who represented himself on charges of marijuana possession, told Mr Cavanagh that he had a right to a jury trial.

But Mr Cavanagh told him that not all indictable offences carried such a right.

"Well it's so minor I shouldn't even be here," Mr Fyffe said.

But the court heard it had been Mr Fyffe's choice to take the matter to court, after police issued an infringement notice after a drug warrant at his home.

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Pubdate: Sun, 6 May 2007
Source: Sunday Territorian (Australia),
"Bushranger" column.
Copyright: 2007 Northern Territory News
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