Garfield county court

country of Montana

Common Law venue - - supreme Court

united States of America	)

Montana state { organic }	)	before our Justices' Petersen, Schweitzer, Skurdal

Garfield county	) ss.

Justus Township	)	Affidavit of Ebert Stanton

TO:	office of supreme Court clerk, c/o office of supreme Court Justices'; and,

office of sheriff in and for Garfield county.

I, Ebert W. Stanton, having just cause hereby attest and acknowledge by affidavit that, on the 20th day of May, at approximately 4:00 p.m., Tom Spillum and I were eating lunch at the Snack Shack in Jordan, Montana. At that time the purported deputy sheriff Darrell Higgins and a Highway Patrol officer pulled up to the Snack Shack and got out of their vehicles.

Agnes Stanton said, "I think they are after you, Ebert." Darrell Higgins walked slowly up to the table and said, "Ebert, I've got a warrant here for your arrest." I asked Darrell Higgins, "for what?" Darrell Higgins said, "for obstructing a peace officer". I asked Darrell Higgins what that was supposed to mean, and Darrell Higgins said he thought it had to do with taking the keys out of the Case Tractor they were taking from Dave Huston. Darrell Higgins told me to get up from the table, but I told Darrell Higgins repeatedly I was going to finish my lunch. When I had finished eating my lunch, Darrell Higgins grabbed my arm and told me to get up from the table. As I stood up Darrell Higgins hand cuffed me and lead me to the pickup truck used by the office of sheriff in Garfield county.

At that time, Darrell Higgins took me to the office of sheriff in Garfield county where he called Art Gallanger, the purported Justice of the peace. I told Darrell Higgins, "Take these damn things off me." "You have a gun and I don't have mine so I don't think I'm going anywhere." Darrell Higgins said, "You promise?"

Darrell Higgins then removed the handcuffs from my arms and lead me into the court room where the Highway Patrol officer was sitting. As I questioned Darrell Higgins about why the arrest warrant was issued against me, Darrell Higgins kept insisting, "They, the cops, had a warrant to lawfully take a Case Tractor". I reminded Darrell Higgins that the warrant was bogus because it was signed by Kenneth R. Wilson and the tractor was owned by Dave Huston. The Highway Patrol agent jumped in saying, "as long as they had a warrant you had to let them take the equipment and if they were in the wrong it all would have been returned". I asked the Highway Patrol agent, "If you know so much why did they need $200,000.00 worth of equipment for $17,000.00 in court costs?" He replied, "I don't know anything about it", and left the building.

Art Gallanger arrived and had Darrell Higgins and I go with him to the office. There Art Gallanger read some rights to me and showed me the definition of the charge in the Montana Code Annotated. I asked how that charge could apply when the machinery was being stolen. Art Gallanger did not have any answers. Art Gallanger just asked if I understood the charge. I replied, "No, I don't, I was stopping thieves and there was no complaint with the warrant". Art Gallanger then found the complaint signed by Nickolas C. Murnion. I pointed out that Nickolas C. Murnion could not sign the complaint as a public hireling. Art Gallanger agreed with me on that point. Art Gallanger said the State is the complaining party. I pointed out the fact I am the State in fact, and my Mom is the State in fact. Art Gallanger replied, "And I'm the State, so that means someone had to sign the complaint". I agreed with him on the subject. Darrell Higgins jumped up and said he thought Charles Phipps had filed the original complaint. I argued that a public hireling could not sign the complaint. Art Gallanger then asked how I plead to the charge. I told him I would not enter a plea.

This was argued until Art Gallanger and Darrell Higgins told me that a not guilty plea would be entered and I would be taken to the Miles City jail until I entered a plea. I reminded them they could not take me to Miles City, I had to stay in Garfield county.

Art Gallanger and Darrell Higgins continued to threaten me until I agreed to the plea of not guilty and Art Gallanger then told me he would release me on my own recognizance. Darrell Higgins left the room to make copies and Art Gallanger told me that he did not agree with the charge and as far as he was concerned I would go home free as he was getting off the case and turning it over to another Justice of the peace.

I asked Art Gallanger why he signed the warrant of arrest if he didn't agree with the charge. Art Gallanger said that Nickolas C. Murnion wrote up the charges and brought them to him so he ( Art Gallanger ) felt he had to decide if he was a justice or not. If he was he had the power to throw out the charge and he, Art Gallanger could not sign the warrant and then get off.

I pointed out that if a new Justice of the peace was to take the case, a new warrant would have to be created and then re-arrest me all over again. Art Gallanger insisted until the time I left the building that he had to get off the case and could transfer the case to another Justice of the peace.

I reminded Art Gallanger that he had to make the decision and should be careful to be sure the case was handled properly. I then left the building to proceed back to my farm.

This affidavit is true, correct and certain; and, "But before all, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heavens, nor by the earth, nor any other kind of oath; but let your yes be yes; and your no, no; so that you may not fall under a sentence."

"Holy Scriptures"	James 5:12	Ferrar Fenton

teste meipso this ____ day of ______________ , in the year of our Mighty One, Yahweh,

through our Redeemer, Yahshua the Messiah, Nineteen Hundred Ninety Five, A.D..

per curiam: ___________________________________________________________________________

Ebert W. Stanton, sui juris in and for Garfield county, country of Montana

notary public Seal: _____________________________________________________________________

Rodney O. Skurdal, duly appointed, commissioned, empowered and privately bonded.

I, Rodney O. Skurdal, notary public in our County and State aforesaid, hereby attest and acknowledge the above described document as true, correct and certain, duly signed before me by the freeman character known as Ebert W. Stanton, on this

_______ day of ____________ , Nineteen Hundred Ninety Five, A.D..

Fees:

Oath: _________________________ , Postage: ____________________________ , Affidavit: _________________ ,

Mileage: _______________________ , Misc.: _____________________________ .