A man facing a series of motoring offences demanded that a judge produce his oath of office yesterday during a dramatic stand-off.
The hearing at Wexford District Court was brought to a standstill when a 29-year-old man demanded that the judge produce his oath before he proceeded with the case.
Declaring he had been brought to the court against his will, and was “under duress”, Bobby Oliver Sludds, of Ballagh Cove, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, said Judge David Anderson had no jurisdiction to deal with the case unless he first produced his oath. “Do you have your oath here? Because if you don’t, you’re not operating a lawful court,” he said.
“Where did you read that?” asked the judge.
“The Constitution. It says that a judge must offer up his oath when requested and I am asking you do you have your oath?” said Mr Sludds, before picking up a copy of the Constitution and beginning to quote at length from Article 34, which deals with the appointment of judges.
“This is not a quiz, I ask the questions. I made my oath in front of the Chief Justice and I have no idea if he kept a record or not,” replied Judge Anderson.
“Do you speak English or legalese?” replied Mr Sludds, before discarding the Constitution and picking up a copy of ‘Black’s Law Dictionary’.
Quoting the definition of “summons”, Mr Sludds proceeded to dispute the validity of the summons issued by the court, in which he was charged with a number of motoring offences in Enniscorthy in April 2010.
“These offences are fraudulent and I’m not this Bobby Oliver Sludds you speak of. That’s not me and this fictitious claim is a fraud on this court. This is not my name. I’ve been taken here against my will,” he repeated.
Asked to clarify the matter, prosecuting Garda Michael O’Grady said that when he had stopped Mr Sludds and asked him his name, he had replied: “Bobby of the family Sludds.”
“But who is this Oliver you’re talking about?” asked the defendant, who said he was “a peaceful and honourable man” and the charges were spurious.
Sludds then handed up a copy of his birth cert to the court and again repeated that he was not the man named in the summons.
Denials
Having heard repeated denials that he was the man named in the summons, Judge Anderson said he had no other choice but to remand Sludds in custody due to the confusion.
“I can’t accept a bail bond from someone whose signature can’t be verified,” he said, remanding Mr Sludds to Cloverhill prison.
“You can’t do this. This isn’t over – you can expect a bill,” shouted Mr Sludds, as he was led away by a number of gardai. He was remanded to Cloverhill Prison until September 17.
:lol:
He’s in jail for the next 6 weeks.
Yeah, he stuck it to them alright.
a genius of the highest order me thinks he should read the old bunreacht more carefully…
yours in :ph34r: ,
GSH.
It would seem that Paul is only Codding himself if he thinks he’s going to win this one -
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/gardai-quiz-former-star-hurler-over-land-dispute-29209170.html
It was all downhill after the Paddy Power logos.
Any word from Paul Codd’s No 1 Potato on the issue?
I’m much more interested in the case mentioned in the opening post, anything further on this?
one would hope hes in st senans
What is St Senans? He seems like a colourful character.
senans is the mental hospital in enniscorthy
paul codd sounds like the biggest cunt in the GGA and thats quite a statement seeing that every person involved with the GGA is a cunt .
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Is that where Mac has been the past week?
Witty. Senans is as good as closed now.
That’s a disgrace and very telling of the problem with Irish society today when valued local amenities are never accessible when you need to avail of them.
Write a strongly worded letter to the Department of Health if it bothers you that much
[quote=“Jimmy Mc Nulty, post: 761945, member: 1168”]It would seem that Paul is only Codding himself if he thinks he’s going to win this one -
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/gardai-quiz-former-star-hurler-over-land-dispute-29209170.html[/quote]
A warrant for the arrest of former Wexford hurling star Paul Codd has not been executed, the High Cout heard yesterday.
The warranent was issued last week arising out Mr Codd’s ongoing failure to co-operate with the bankruptcy regime.
Mr Codd, an All-Ireland medal winner in 1996, is alleged to be in contempt of court orders directing him to engage with the official in charge of his bankruptcy.
He was adjudicated bankrupt by the High Court last March over failure to satisfy a judgment for €530,000 secured against him in 2011.
Mr Codd has failed to deal with the Official Assignee in bankruptcy, Chris Lehane, the court-appointed official who assist bankrupts in their obligations to creditors, as required under bankruptcy laws.
Last week, the court ordered Mr Codd be arrested and brought before the High Court at the earliest possible opportunity to see if he will abide by the orders of the court.
On Monday at the High Court, Mr Leahne told Mr Justice John Cooke that the warrant, which had been forwarded to the Gardaí, had yet to be executed.
Mr Lehane has previously told the court that several attempts were made to ensure Mr Codd would engage with the bankruptcy process. However Mr Codd failed to do so and in Mr Lehane’s view is in contempt of court.
The application to have Mr Codd declared bankrupt arose from a sale by David Deasey, a dairy farmer from Timoleague, Co Cork, of 46 acres of land at Askinfarney Clonroche, Co Wexford, to Mr Codd for about €800,000.
While a deposit of €40,000 was paid, Mr Codd had not completed the sale and Mr Deasy obtained judgment for €530,326 against Mr Codd in 2011.
When that was not satisfied, Mr Deasy brought the bankruptcy proceedings.
Separately, Mr Justice Cook confirmed orders sought by Friends First Finance compelling Mr Codd to return 10 pieces of plant and machinery which was leased to the former hurler and his company.
The Judge, after being informed by Mr Lehane that Friends First Finance is entitled to the machinery made orders, including one prohibiting Mr Codd dealing with the machinery.