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Show The AuTHoR's LIFE. VoL. I. Obfer. The Court Swore feveral Perfons, to keep the Jury all Night; without Meat, 'Drink, Fire, or any other Accommodauon; they had not fo much as a Chamber-Pot, though defired. Cry. 0 Yes, f:!c. Cl k M · (b · Objer. The Court adjourn'd dll Seven of the o~ nex~ ormng,_ etng the Fourth Inftam, vulgarly called Sunday) 3t whtch T1m7 the Pn~one_rs were brought to the Bar, the Court far, and the Jury called tn, to bnng m their Verdic't. p · f I ·r. • Cry. 0 yes, f.j,.- Silence in the Court upon a1n o mpn onment. The Juries Names called over. Cle. Are you agreed upon your Verdi8: ? Jury. Yes. Cle. Who !hall fpeak for you. ]11ry. Our Foreman. Ck. What fay you? Look upon the Prifoners at the Bar: Is WiOiam Pmn Guilty of the Mauer whereof he ftands.Indiaed, in Manner and Form as aforefaid, or Not Guilty ? • Foreman. William Penn is Guilty of Speaking in Gracto~Street. . Mayor. To an Unlawful JljJembly. Bufoel. No, my Lord, we give no other Verdia, than what we gave lait Night; we have no other VerdiEt to give. Mayor. rou are a faFJio11s Fellow; l'U take a Courfe roitb you. Bludw. I knew Mr. Bu!hel would not yield. Bujhtl. Sir Thomar, I have done according ro my Confcience. Mayor. That Confcienu of yours would Cut my Throat • . Bujhe/. No, my Lord, it never {hall. Mayor. But I wiU cur yours fo foon dl I can. Rec. He ba1 infpired the Jury; be 1Jas the Spirit of Divination; metbinh I feel him; 1 tviU have a pofitive VerdiO, or you jbaU Starve for it~ Penn. I defire to :r.fk: the Recorder one Queftion: Do you allow of the Verdia given of WiUiam Mead? Rec, It cannot be a Verdi{!, bccaufe you are IndiOed for a Confpiracy; and Otte being found not Guilty, and not the other, it could not be a Verdill. Penn. If not Guilty be net a VerdiEt, then you make of the Jury, and Magna Charta, but a meer Nofe of Wax. Mead. How I Is Not Guilty no VerdiU? Rec. No, 'ti.rno VerdiO. Penn. I affirm, That the Confent of a Jury is a Verdia in Law; and if William .Mead be not Guilty, it confequently follows, that I am clear, fince you have !ndiUed us of a Confpiracy, and I could not poffibly Con· fpire alone. Obfer. There were many Pafrages that could not be taken, which pafi be· tween the Jury and the Court. The Jury went up again, having received :1 frefh Charge from the Bench, if poffible to extort an unjuft VerdiCt. Cry. 0 Yes, f!Jc. --Silence in the Court. Court. Call over the Jury-- Which was done. Cle. What fay you? Is WiUiam Pem1 Guilty of the M:ntcr whereof he ftands Indicted, in Manner and Form aforefaid, or Not Guilty~ • FOreman. Guilty of Speaking in Graciorn-Streer. Rcc. What U this to the Pnrpofe? 1 fay 1 tci/1 have a VcrJiO. .And fpea~ ing to E. Bulliel, faid, Tou ore a FaOious Fellow ; 1 will fer a Mark 11pon you; nnd wbilft 1 have anyThing to do in tbe City, I will have an ~·e upon you. Mayor. Have you no more Wit than to be led by ]riCh a pitij11l FeOow? I will Cut bir .Nofe. Pe-nn. his intolerable that my Jury fbould be thus menaced ; is this 3C· cording to the Fundamental Law? Are not they my proper Judges by the Great Charter of England? ·What Hope is there of ever luving Juftice done, wben Juries are rhreatned, and their VerdiEts rejetl:ed? I am con~ cerned to fpeak, and grieved to fee fuch Arbitrary Proceedings. Did not the Lieutenant of tbe Tower render one of tbtm worfe 1/Jana Felon? And do you Vox.. I. .The Au1:Ro.R's LIFE. 17 you not plainly feem to condemn fuch for FaUious Fellows, who anflfer r67o. not yOur Ends? Unhappy are thofe Juries, who are threatned to be Fined, ~ and Started, and Rumed, if they give not in their Verdias contrary to their Confciences. Rec. JI!Y Lord, you 11111jl tde a Courfe witbJbot fame FeOow. Mayor. Stop his ft1outh; Jailer, brin~ Fetterr, and Sta!u hi• to tbt GroU11d. Penn. Do your Pleafure, I matter not your Fetters. • ) Rec .. TiU now/ nev(r onder flood tbe PJofon of the Poliey and Pnldenu 4 11Je Spaniards, inj11jfering_ the Inquijition t~mong them: And certainly it ui/l. never be weU with tH, t iU jomethi11g liM tbe Spanifh Inguijition he in England. Obftr. The Jury being required to go together, to find another VetdiU, and lledfallly refufing it (faying they could give no other VerdiU than> what was already given) the Recorder in great P:r.ffion was running off the Bench, with thefe Words in his Mouth, 1 prote/l I wiU fit here no longer tis hear tbefe Things. At which the Mayor calling, Stay, Stay, he returned, · ~nd direUed himfelf unto the Jury, and fpak.-as followeth. Rec. Gentlemen, we jhoU not be at tbH pifs alwoyr with you; you wiD find t/Je next Se_Jfiom of Parlia•ent, tbe.re will he a. Law made, that thD{e that toill not conform, jhaY not have the Protellion of tbe Law. Mr. Lee, Jraw *I 'mother Vcrdifl, tbttt tbey may bring it infpecial. l.ee. I c:~nnot tell how to do it. Jury. We ought not to be returned, having all•greed. and fet our Hands to the Verdia. • Rec. To11r VerJiP H nothing, yoN play 11pon tbt Co11rt; lft~y, yo11 jht~ll gtl together and bring in another li'trdi{}, o':youfoaU St4frtJe; and I wiY have you carted 11bourtbe Ciry, tU in Edward rbe Third~ y;,e, . Foreman. We have given in our Verdi8:, and all agt~ to it, and 1f we givejn another, it will be a Force upon us to fave our L1ves. ~90r. Take them up. 1 Officer. My Lord they will not go. u.p. · . Obfer. The Mayor fpoke to the Sherilf, and he came off his Seat, and faid: Sher. ~me Gentil~Fen, you mujl go •P 1 you /tt I om commtmded to ••h 10offi.r. Upon wliich the Jury went up; and feveral fwom to keep them without any Accomodation, as aforefaid, till they brought in their VerdiS:. Cry. 0 Yes, f!lc. The Court adjourns till to Morrow-morning at Seven of the Clock. ObJer. The Prifoners were remanded to ~rewgate, where they .remai~ed. till oext 'Morning, and then were brought mto the Court, whtcb _ bemg fat, they proceeded as followeth. Cry. 0 _yes, fj c.-Silence in the. Court upon Pain of lm_prifonment. C!erlt.. Set William Penn and William <.Mead to the Bar. Gentlemen of the Jury, anfwer to your Names, TbomtU Veer, f'4mard Bujhel, John H11mmond, Henry Henley, Henry Mic!Jel, John Brightman, Charier Mil{on, Gregor] Walk/et, John Bailey, William Lever, James Damas~, WiDiam PlNmjlead, are you all agreed of your VerdiU? Jury. Yes. Oerl<. Who !hall fpeak for you? Jury. Our Foreman. Clerlt. Look upon the Prifoners. Wbat fay you ; is William Penn guilty of the Matter whereof he Rands indiiled, in Manner and Form, f.J'c. or nop;,~~?,~ You have there read in Writing already our Verdia, and our Hands fubfcribed. Ob(er. The Clerk had the Paper, but was llop'd ~y the Recorder from Reading of it \ and he commanded to afk for a pofinve V.enh8:. . Foaman. If you will not actept of it; I defire to ha,ve It ba.ck agam. D Coprt, |