The silly old farm was found guilty and fined. The law might be an asset but it's not that daft.
Just as well. He was being prosecuted by the Crown, and if they'd taken him up on it they could have named a champion. I'm sure he would have changed his tune if faced with one of the Regiment's finest.
I still hear the odd story about these "Freeman on the Land" types, goodness only knows how credulous they must be to swallow the claptrap in the first place, and bonkers enough to try and go through with it in court.
