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Show J,r.H~l! .Refc~~e.tl Jf"om Impofture, Vo"L I 1670· "'!f. Inega/ Prar<dfr~ (os well toward t~~ - 9r.her rrili!uet:S there, as ther; ~ J~r.o1s) ~ut ~lfcj te!ltfied by m.,y of thiS Lt~ellers owll; approved Au tho. ttt1es. ~ · .•.\.' rJ , J 1 Let usJook b;ick inro the third SeClinn of his P~!!JRhler; where he h" g'h' en frequent Tells again!\ th~ Verity of; 1\is fourth Selllon's Afi'errion. 'the Jury having had no Evidence ol any unlawful Aa done hy W. P. <ould nor brips him in Guilty Modo f1 F~rm&, f.1c\ Yet .fcur:Times brought info much as was by Wirne!fes proved,r. againft him, viz. That W. Penq ,-qJqs g11ilty• of Spe'!kinc in Grace·.Church.Sueer, '· as pag. 2~, 24, 27, :zS. 'Which (being ·{In the Ft~8 provd, yet far Chon ~ of whar was laid againft hi~ in the lndit9:mem) tbel(.eoorder declared was no Vera..~a in Law, redou~ ~lil)g the Ex~refiion or Subft•nce thereof, no lefs tha~ four or five Timet, as pag. '3. 24,. '7· 28, 29- l)nd in pag. ;o, the Jurors brought in rv. P. }{ot, G11ilry fn tllapd~r nnd· PQ(11! as he jlood lndjOed, Othef Verdi£11 never 1 ~rd _that r~e ,Jprors brpyght in, neither doth S. S. in his Relarion of the Tnal R,retena. tt. . ';\\-I And why he fhould thus Reproach the Jurors, Groundlefly, and fo pal-llably give tlje. Ly~ to himfe)f, Let the Judicious judge. •f _:; .H.J. ! f J . ~- ;z. Let us exan~ioe t.he Return of t/Je Ca11Je o the urors Impnfonment :-..~\ch now £ies be/ore the J uflices of Co~mpn-Pleas at _Wtjlmin}fu. ('1\'her.: Jn S. S. Mayor, /.,H. Record~r, and thelr Council, wnh long and tedious · confideration b'Jd accumulated fo much Formality and needlefs Circum· ,ll:ances, as \welled up the Bulk to at leaf! rwelve Sheets of Paper.) The Matter or Cauf!) flf their Imprifonmenr therein fs on1y 1this, viz. ' De eo ., 'qdod ipfi •W~~- Jur. modo hie eofder,n, Wit. Pt.nn &, ~¥. Jflead. de prcd. ' rr.~.nfgr. conternt. affemblac. & tumult. contra legem hu]us Regn1 .tJ.nglitt ' et contra Plet~am &: manifeftam El•identiam, et contra- Direit:ionem Curi~ " · (n mareti5.'l'egishic de & fuper pra:miffis eifdem ' Jur. verfus pref.it w: P. ' &: W. Af. in Cur. h.ic apelte dat. &:. declarat. de pr:rmiffis eis prout in In'-- difl. pred. acquietaverunt in contemt diai Dom. Regis-nurrc legum ; fuo· ' rum, f.!! c. The Subf!ance of which is, That rbe af~r · · ocquir tht f•id!Wil]iap\JPftln;anJirWilUam Mead1fropr th~ Tr •nd unlllwful J!Jft:;nbly, ami 'J:umult ogainjl tbe LaO? oft gdom of Eng· 1and, ~nJ f/gmirjJfJJ'd o11d manifefl. Ev1denc~? tmd ag.amf! t 1irJ:Oion of tbe Ctthrt m Mo,.t}rs 9[ L11t0 Jptnlj gzven andrdedared In Coll(f p£ainfl tbe /aid W. P. and W. M. in Contempt df 'rbe Lord the King, aAJ bh Laa;s, &c. By which it's plainly manifeft and evident that thefeJurors were never ~guilty of giving two contrfrJ Vtrdi{ls, pr fined and . irqprifoned bv. the Behch for any Ji!Ch Faa, ,a~ S. , S. hath falfly and !candalpufly fuggelfcd.:,~ · An.d truly if. S. S. has been an Eye and Ear Wirnefs of all thar P;i!fed _in this Affair ,(aa he affirm!\, page ro.) t\<e I"•Y without Breach of ChJJi· ~g~~~:~~~n n(o; at~l~r~a\:i.~g a very ue~cherous Memorr, which is an ill . Bur next we come 10 enter upon the Matter promifed, and to exattJ~ne whether or ooht hasj'uftifi~~ t.he Fining of that Juryl by:,reafon Law and ' Aurhorhy, or any of them, 1ri Order to which let us recite his t;v·ords (he faith) , _P.:~ge 31 .. In R~ard t~1at rhis is a Cafe, that very 111uch cOncerns the K.tng and Km~dom, and lS now under the Confideration of all rhe Jud~es, I (h.:~ll only m5ke four Rs:mark's Upon this Cafe, and leave the Dere.rmml· tion of the fame ro the honourable S1ges of our Law. ~ . Apfwer\ Surely our AutTJor bod but nfmallStoc!:. of Cofirn~e, that it jpoNIJ fail him in Writing hal{ a do:;en. Lints. Wbat? (in uno flatu) to )11/IJ.fi. c tht Fining of a ]11ry, anJ 10 It ave it flgtJin /p the Dntr!PiRtllionJ4 tbl S,tj.a .ll}'tb<L•tc. . llo VoJ...L Truth Refcued from lmpofture. S·*a, He might havcle.ft it ~t firfl.to their Detcrmioati9n, and have fpa1ed h\S r6;o. Pams·of appe~nng 10 Pnnr, and yet have! beeo thought neve~ the unw,fcr ~ Man for b1s S1lence, ,J .- .J S. S. Hir ·Firft Rwtark Exa111jn•J. As Narute·Cf•Yf be)abhots a Vatuum in the 1Jniverfe, fa ,is it the Honqpr ?f ourr~w,. th~r ~t w11l no~ f~trer a ~a~l~ure·o~Juftice, accor4ing co that M)lxr-; 1 1m, 1\e curw regrs defi.ceru rn l_H.flttta exbtlwn4~- Therrforc; i~ is that al,. though our Law appomts all Trtals to be by Junes,. yet m Six Cafes cn~d. by my Lord C<>ok, r. p. In!L §, 102. fol. 74· the Tryal is by Certificate ~· in D.fe a. Perfon be in Scotland, in Prifon, 31]~ at &urd~IIIIX, &c. . , JinjUJ. Our Author who quotes Coqk, t'Qjgqr alfq ha ••e rc111emb1ed this M:nim ufed by him, 4 Infi. 3c8. Vhi non eO lex ibi non efl Tr11n{greffio Where there is no Law there is no Tranfgreffion ~ As for ihc Maner o·fi Trials by Certificate, it is as Fore:ign to the: ~Jtter in Deba~e as &11r .. de111x or Scotland is di!tant from ' Wejlminfler·l:/pO. Neither d~es S. S. i.ni any wire,. by his Difcourfes, apply it co that Purpofe, but barely proceed~. In like manner' Petty-Jurors, rhat have glv.en their VerdlEl confrary t!J'I their E.vid~nce, have been ~ned by the Jui\ices, in Cafes where the I.a.w) hath provided no ocher Punt(bment, as by A~taint f5c~ An[w. Fir fl., Obferve the ~uangenefs of S'- S: hi~ Confequence : Bdaufg 1 the Law provtdes, that Fore1gn M:~tters atl:ed (in p11rtibur tranfmarinis) ; fhall be evidenced or tryed by Certificate from thofe Pans: Therefore FaO.r done or. aUed ac Home, in publick Courts of J uftice, fhall not be decerml· ned in ordinary Courts of Law (per legale j#d!cillm parium) hue by the ar.bitraty Judgment of the Bench or Court. · Se,ondly, ObferVe how various this latte.r Matter is to S. S. his Text viz.;. Juries Fined for giving in a Verdill ]11jlified~; chp.nged into J~ries Fin;d{or giving in a Verdifl contrary to ftvidence. And fince the latter is the Text to his fubfequent Difi:ourfe, let us try and exlmine his Dcdrine. Our Author to prove, Th:tt Jo!tices ha\fe fint:d ]11rors, for bringiug.iri Verdi& contrary to Evidence; gives us h~s Authorities thus: ' Vide Wharton's Cafe, Ttlvertpn, fol. 23. Xoy reports the fame, fol. 4s· ' And Judge Popba, faid, there were divers Precedents to that Purpofe~ ' and cites divers, One h)'! Jnflieu ix Eyrl'j r ' Watts verf. Braines, id an Appeal to B. R. Croo/1.1.1. 779· Vide Leon; 'ard I. 2. 102. pl. 17). and I. J, t47· ph (96. Soutbwl's O!fe in rbe Ex· 'chequer. Moor no. Lemon"s·Cafo in the Court of Wards; Cook. l. t2., 23. Price's Cafe in the Star-Chamber. Anfw. That rhefe Cafes are Material to our Author's Purpoie (more thart toamufe the Reader with Quotations) I ~annot flnd, neither doth S. S. fet forth the Subfiance, whereby chis Age might underHand their Drift and Intent. But Cook, whom he quotes in his Juftific::ttitm, WlS clearly of anotherOpinion co wh:u S. S. would fuggeft ; for in the Cafe he cites, 12 Reports 23. (Pm. S· ]a.) That Lover of his Cour:try, :1nd England's Liberties, fpeak .. ing of Juror's Freedom by La:v to give their VerdiCts, declares, That tb~ Law null n~t f11ppoft any Indiffer6nt, w~en be H. S'fJ)orn to ferve tfJe Kingf &c. To wbub ogrees, fays he, the Books zn 22 Aff. 77· A/fife, p. q : 21 E. ~ t 17. t9H.6.19. 47E·3·17· <7H.B.2F. N.B.n;. A--And(bt Law prefum~s that every ]11ror will be indifferent wbe11 he is Sworn: NOr will the Law od1nit Proof againfl this Pre{umption .. ButS. S. as Confcious of the Nullity of thofe before recited AuthorhieJ; to juftifie his Caufe, gives us one, as he fuppofes, ro Purpofe, viz, Wag• fiatf's Cafe, Tri», q:C. 2. in B. R. Tbi$ (fays he) agrees with out prefent Cnfe in all Points. And concludes with this, ' JUicb. 16. Car. 2. in Banco Rtgls: Llecb and '.five other, being of the Jury, at ]ttfiift·Ha/J in the 0/J-Bai/y, the ta£r ' Seffions, refufed to find certain l._11at..ers Guilty, according. to t~eir Evi .. ~ dence, and upon that they were bound to appear in the King's Bench ~be U u u Full |
