Thanks to Derrick J. Freeman and Bob Constantine for reporting on the final Pretrial Hearing that took place today in Cheshire County Superior Court. Above is today’s Fr33 Agents Radio report on the events today and Here is the report that Derrick filed at Fr33 Agents:

In the Shire, Peace Activist and Fr33 Agent Jason Talley of Talley.TV was arrested for the crime of possessing a video camera in a public courthouse. This is the first of two arrests at the Cheshire County Superior Court within the same year. He attended a pre-trial hearing for that arrest today.

Law-enforcer-turned-activist Brad Jardis represented TalleyTV. He was supported by a handful of activists who attended as well. All faced challenges to entering and recording the event, as the Cheshire County Superior Court is notorious for its abusive and arbitrary restrictions on freedom of the press. Due to a lack of foresight by the court, TalleyTV was faced with the undesirable options of pushing his trial back to April 2012 or selecting from a jury pool which had interacted with the court’s witnesses. He opted to select from a new jury pool and will attend trial for his victimless crime later this year.

Here’s what Bob had to say at the NH Underground:

Today there was a pre-trial hearing at Cheshire County Superior Court. It was brief. A woman judge (didn’t catch her name) presided and amongst the 17 persons who were scheduled for a hearing in the court room that day she selected Jason to go first. This may have been to make some space in the court room as the “public” seating contained many of Jason’s supporters and the free press present to witness or document the event.

The judge was already seated when Jason’s supporters and the free press entered so the “all rise” formalities were not an issue. Although a dangerous hat was demanded to be removed.

It appears upon complying with the proper court rules and paperwork filing that Brad Jardis will be allowed to represent Jason as his legal counsel. This involves filing a notarized affidavit and a declaration of good character etc. on Brad’s part.

Because three Cheshire County Superior Court bailiffs will be witnesses and two are directly involved in this case, the judge (perhaps prompted by the prosecutor? not sure if a motion was filed or not) moved the trial to April 2012. Apparently the court needs some time to ensure that other bailiffs will be available as the regular staff will be busy with their direct involvement in the case. That seemed to be a reasonable request so Jason did not object to the State / Court moving the trial ahead.

There was some talk of changing venue from Cheshire County Superior Court to another location. Jason mentioned his concern with his ability to get a fair trial at Cheshire County. I’m not sure if the change in venue will be granted or which location it might change to…will try to update as I find out.

A couple of deputies seemed concerned about people lingering and made sure to move people out of the court room and court house as quickly as possible. While the deputies could have been a bit more polite, all escaped without harm.

…stay tuned. Please feel free to post this post elsewhere if you are inclined to.