Time: Fri Jun 27 19:22:06 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA06473; Fri, 27 Jun 1997 19:02:04 -0700 (MST) by usr02.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id TAA17675; Fri, 27 Jun 1997 19:01:47 -0700 (MST) Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 18:59:21 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: Meador Gets 16 Months (fwd) <snip> > >*Jus Dare* >Meador Gets 16 Months > >Subject: The Ponca City News; Friday, June 6, 1997: DAN >From: jch8@juno.com (jc halbrooks) > > >Front page, lower left corner. > >MEADOR SENTENCED TO 16 MONTHS FOR OBSTRUCTING U.S. GRAND JURY > >By Mark Galvin News Staff Writer > >Former Kay county government official and News writer Dan Meador was >sentenced Thursday in Tulsa to a total of 16 months in prison and >fined $2,000 on charges of obstructing justice and illegally >communicating with a member of a federal grand jury. > >Senior Judge H. Dale Cook of the U.S. Northern District of Oklahoma >sentenced Meador to 12 months on the obstruction charge, plus four >additional months for the two remaining counts. He had been found >guilty earlier in a jury trial. The charges stem from Meador's efforts >two years ago to develop and assist a common-law advocacy group called >the Kay County Patriots, of which he was chairman. > >A federal grand jury indicted Meador last August, accusing him of >obstructing justice by illegally filing a pleading on behalf of common >law advocates Kenny Moore and Colleen Moore of Bartlesville and Wayne >Gunwall of Ponca City, who were accused of conspiracy to avoid paying >income taxes. > >The indictment also charged that Meador twice wrote to the foreman of >a grand jury in November 1995 to try to influence its investigations >of the activities of common law courts. > >U.S. Attorney Steve Lewis said Meador's pleading to the jury foreman >attempted to provide legal reasons why the three protesters should not >be subject to prosecution in federal courts. Common-law advocates >oppose the federal government's authority in matters such as >collecting income tax. > >During his trial in January, Meador's defense argued he was a patriot >who wanted to provide assistance to the grand jury that was probing >into the activities of common-law courts. Prosecutors instead accused >him of "concocting dangerous nonsense." > >The Moores and Gunwall pleaded guilty in January of conspiracy to >avoid paying income tax, penalties and interest by intimidating and >harassing Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Treasury Department >employees. > >Gunwall, 50, was sentenced on May 22 to serve 15 months in prison for >the conspiracy charges and next month he faces further sentencing of >up to 12 years in prison after a May 24 conviction on three counts of >attempting to intimidate federal tax collectors by placing $20 million >leins on their homes and property. > >Moore, 73, was sentenced Thursday to serve 12 months, and his wife >Colleen, 66 was given probation because of bad health. The judge also >ordered Meador and the Moores to cease their tax-protest activities. > >In 1995, Meador lost his position as director of the county's >Community Service Sentencing Program, which provides alternative >sentencing at the county level to help keep certain nonviolent >offenders out of the state penitentiaries. > >At the time, county officers perceived among other things a conflict >of interest between Meador's county post and his work to organize the >Patriots, whose common-law goals include replacing the existing court >system. > >Meador previously had been a government reporter for The Ponca City >News. >////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > >Dan has researched and written some of the best information on the law >and taxes. His book is available through his wife, Gail, as are >updates through number 8, and now a Supplement to update 8. He is >the person who first found the illegal agreements between the IRS and >the State of Oklahoma. Friends are posting some of his most recent >material on the web at: > >http://idt.net/xtmccrory where the "x" is a "tilde" > >PLEASE REMEMBER GAIL MEADOR WITH A CONTRIBUTION EACH WEEK! > Make it a point to send her some cash each and every week. >PLEASE REMEMBER GAIL MEADOR WITH A CONTRIBUTION EACH WEEK! > Make it a point to send her some cash each and every week. >PLEASE REMEMBER GAIL MEADOR WITH A CONTRIBUTION EACH WEEK! > Make it a point to send her some cash each and every week. >PLEASE REMEMBER GAIL MEADOR WITH A CONTRIBUTION EACH WEEK! > Make it a point to send her some cash each and every week. > >Gail Meador PO Box 2582 Ponca City, Oklahoma 74602 > >Please forward this to people you know > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > *JUS DARE* > c/o Dave Delany's Freedom House > PO Box 212 Conklin NY 13748 > ======== > Sponsored by Mike Goldman and By.Net (http://Names.By.Net) > ======== > Perversion of the U.S. Supreme Court > *Jus Dare* means "to give or to make the law." > > To subscribe or unsubscribe to *Jus Dare*, send a message to > jus-dare-request@freedom.by.net > In the BODY, put the text "ADD" or "DELETE" respectively. > > ======================================================================== Paul Andrew Mitchell : Counselor at Law, federal witness B.A., Political Science, UCLA; M.S., Public Administration, U.C. 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