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Beale's 'Common Law Court' overruled
October 28, 2008
Convicted tax evader Robert Beale will now have something to look forward when he completes his 11-year tax evasion sentence.
Another sentence.
Mr. Beale, the former Minnesota entrepreneur who spent most of two years on the run after failing to show up when his tax trial was first scheduled, was convicted yesterday of conspiring to intimidate the judge in his trial. He was charged with conspiring with other members of a self-styled "common law court" to "arrest" the trial judge if she didn't dismiss the tax charges.
This seemingly foolproof plan came to grief when wardens got wind of it by listening in on Mr. Beale's calls from jail.
Flickr photo by Mr.Thomas
It just goes to show - you can't count on privacy when you use the wrong kind of cell phone.
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