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Show Truth Refcue.d Jtom Impofture. Vo.L. I. ly impal¢d, that W¢ could o'Ot fee the Court, n.or heaL the Charge-; hut u(l9n lnfo~marion,, that the Ruorder was-. chargmg_ the Jury, I }Uft •p, (tm1 my FeOow-Prifoner afrer 1f(t, and exchumed agamft the Irregulanty of f'<ch Proceedings. ~nd for this plain Reproof, and but neceffary Demand of the Engli(h Right of Prifoners heingprifenr at !be ,giving of. tb_r.CbQf'ge, t.hey commanded us into the Hple, a rbce fo no1fom an~ ftiJ!kmg, that the Mayor bimJ<Jf would ba'ue thoug/Jtll »JI wnfit Sty for hn Swmc. ' Nota X. p3g. 2]. Six or Jeven of the ]~try-men did agree to the Major's ft".eflion ; upon wbicb Bufhel, Hammond, and 1wo o!ber.r oppofe~ tbo,. fdvu, Tbey aYowed of no fucb Word, aJ an 11nf,1wjui .A}fembly 111 their VcrJif/. AnJw. It's not the leaf! Unhappinefs this Libeller is attended with, to be frequenc in Se)fConrradiOion , for in the Inteuogarories immediately precedent, the .Mayor fpeaks thus to the Foreman of the ]11ry. May. What, f.iJtU it not an u.nlt~w/Hl.AJ/elllhly? Forc-m. lily Lord, Tbu u aD 1 bad i• Cdmmiffion. . And yet this Man was on~ of the fevet~ S. S. would liave a Dif!ente,, I hope, fince the Fort· man had no more in Commiffi~n, S. ~· is ro blame fot fo impudent an Affection, as that fcven at that ·nme d1ffemed from the reft. 1 I Nota XI. pag. :z5. A pet~ceah/e 'innoc~nt ·Ptople ;,rJnd ~ that wbtn the King badJeizcdthc Mming-Ho.Jc ihto .M Hand< (a~ by .Loa> bcill/gbt) '#)J6uld com~ and hrtak optn rbe Daon; tbey ~violmrly over-p(Jf)Jtr'd tbt ConfttJ-o hie~ and his Wauhnun; and 't-N fN:ov'd~ that !Jhe People 41 tbH time '/;itltd -t1!1d .f}urrz'd rbe Conflahle, a!ld his Wtttcb-nitn; be endeavouring to J.ijfipllle this 1mlawful Jt.ffemhly, as is fworn by Read the Conjflfhle. Anfw. This does but fiill aggravate, how much S. S. is an Encm1to aU Truth : What if the Door was broken open 1 Had not theQyak&r (111 J'uftice and Equity) Right to the Pht~:e? However, it is a moit f:Hfe Confequence, thJt they fpurn'd the Conftable, becaufe he was fpurn•d ·at their Meeting, fince many are actuftom'd to crowd after the Conft.ables and Soldiers, who o.re no !l._11ahers·, but come to fa their Ufilge. N.,- doer Read Jtvear they ""'" tbe Quaker., bxt f- People (Jr<jent' .Artdfome of the Jury fully anfwcred t·hn Part of the. Evidence, in this 4ifcreet Obfetvation, That 11 was impoffible any Man could pa& through fo great a Thr6ng, and not be pufb'd, or his• Feet trod upon. · Befides, lt does not aE_pear, that the Houfe Was feized purfuant to any Tryttl, Convifiion, or J•dgment /Jy . .tbe .laws of England, and thatfu.cb Seizure is not according to the Senfe of them, appear• by the Statute of -the Jevenuthtb of Char!u the Fir]/, O,p, "'' whete in Js exprelly fai<l, l Thlt !'leither his Majefiy, nor his Counc1l, have, or ought to have aoy c JurifdifHon, Power, or Authority by Engli{h Bill, Petit~on, Articles, Lis bel, ot, any other· atbittaty Way wbanfoeVfr, to exarmne or d_raw ,1nto ~ Queition, ded:nnine or difpofe of the Ladds, Tenements, Heredttamentst • Goods and Chattels of any Subjetls of this Kingdom; but that thdame ' ought to be tried and determined, in the Courts of Juftice, and by the · ' ordrnary COurfe of L.aw. . ' "/ Nota XII, pag. 26. The Jury in Mr. Peiln's Opinion, tl11d Bulhel'J' both, ·arc per;11rrd .Men, for that at loft tb.ey bro~t.§bt .i1l. a VN"difl ·contrmhBury to tb~nJw. Thofe that have. <ead the Trya! will apprehend his Me~nlog l for upon their bringing me tn, Not Guilty o£ an U_n1awful Meeung"J; but Gulley only of Speaking in the Place -called Grac~-ChJI.l"cb-Strut _(~nd the Court menacing them m;tb, and fa.ying, They woula have a Vcu.dlit, meJning Guilty,) I Jaid, the \.onftnt of Twe/!llt Men ir a VorJif/ in Law l and if t~q brUt in· anotbrr Yrrditl, tontrarj tg tbit, tbty ore .Ptrjured .bten. Bu.r ..w.bat tGeA ~ Trutli Refcued from Impcifture: the~? Therefore when they brought me in Not Guilty, A~d they perjured ~hemfe(vcs? Noth111g lefs. I am a!hamed to read fo ridiculous a Noit s~quirur in Prim. 1 .: If 1 unde1'it:md what Contrarias mean, the oppofite to Ndt Guilty muft be GMilty : But that rhey gave no fuch Verdifr abfolutely, is manifef! from the Courc's not receiving it; for above aU Things tlrey waited an.d. prefs'd hard for it. Tbcrefore to be G11ilr; of Sptahing in ' Orace·Church· Srreet, and not flt an UnlaW/11! il.ffcmhly. u not htinD G~tilt} i11 Law, and confequendy their Verdifl: no Contradifl:ion. •t . Nota XIII. pag. 26. At thir time Jome of the Jury mpp/aine4 to tbt Co11rt, tbar tbc four Jl1t"n, viz. Bulbel, Hammond, and t.be otbtr twtr, would jitlrve tbt"f!Z, and that they had hro11gbr Strong-Water-Bottles in their Pocl«ts dfjignedly. . i!nJro. 'Tis not the !tuaktrs Light, hut S. S. his Darhtifr that is the Fa1ber of Lyu; and I'J.iferable will be the .End of fuch, as make them' their Refuge. ·1 J For, firft, There was no fuch Complaint rt\ade. .. Secondly, Nor was there any ju.ft Occafion.foi: one. 1 • , l And Laltly, Methinks this Libeller might remember that lf he . thought me cogdernnable, for not giving the ]11jlicu mote Titles and: Additions than their own Names-, ami that of Aliltrmm; he upon greater Caufc defervd a Check, that c:lnnot afford tbofl ahle and boni.ft Citi'zfns mort than half their Names, and fc:ncely that tOOl Nota XIV. pag. 26. Tbe Court h1111ing Reg.rd to tbc Htahb of tbe Jury, aJjo11rnt"d 'rill Sevfn .next .Morning, altho' it toltl Sunday, which otbfrwijt rbl..y cco111d not have done. . t• 1 .· . .tJ.nfw. It was, and is a t:eJl Queftion, Whether ,the Health Qf .the Jury, or Condemnation o.f the Prifoners, was rnoft in their Eye t but. no matter which : I !hall briefly infifi upon their Adjournmeot .to that Day1 ·,J. . I iUppote it ·is not unknown to thofe that know Law1 that Diu Dominicu1 non e/1 in Legt" Dies ; or, Tb111 the Lord's Day is nor •' Da) in Law~ Th:n is There ought not to be Affizes, Seffions, or Terms held on that Day ; becJufe lt is a Tir:ne ~he Law ta.ke$ no Cognizance of, nor has any Relation to; thus Coke 1n hts firft In!lltut. Sea. 201. Fol. 15). where he excludes that Day from the Nlimber of thofe he calls Dits Juridici, or Days in Law. • The Confequenc! .. of which rnu~ n~eds be thi~, :rhat their,wlrolc. P~ocedrire at that Seffion becomes quelhon d, and VOld In Law. But to ]u.lhfy, thole Tran1af\:ions, they got a Commiffion after Seffiomt,. ante-dated fr.om the Time of that Adjournment. ,, ' I fhall not niuch tefl.ea upon the Pa!rage , it carries ita o~ri Cornm~t wirh ir : But methinks tnore Skill in Law, or ¥o~~ration to the Prifoneu:· and Jury, might have prevenu:G fuch ac extra;udiCial PrQcedure. No.ta XV. pag. ,s. Tbu u the. fourth Time the Jury brP¥!-/Jt in thu infignijiednt Verdifl, viz. That they find Penn t"'''Y. of j}ta~ng tn Gra<t- Chutch-Sueet, and hor» rbU anfwrs tbe !J_uejlto(l, VIZ. , J, . ?' W/w fi1y yo•? 1r W. Penn guilty of the Mamr whereof ne fl•nd~tMM(ed, in .Manner and Form, or not gu.ilry ~ Ln the World judge Whet~er rbzs .he" Yerdi{]~ or not : .Tbej rb11s oft.enibNjing ~be Co}(rt, made the~ Difpieaft~re_ It tbf Court ngllinflrbcm, and furtly not.wuhout c;;aufe. . ~· 'tl f ,A,tjw. l'his ~otads upon the Jur1es .Ccrntmu3nce of. tltet_r Verdt.a, o on!~ bring itt!; me in G. ui!ty o. f Speakmg tn Gsace-Cburch-S,rteer" uhv.ev;. Fir]I-Day .Jllorn'iitg : Bm how reafooable wtll be the Matterv of out . . quir'y ~md Anfwer.. l .. . · R J. ,\ l If S.S. will ha•~• ihc Jury 011/'y }uJge rif Fafl (whtch the ~~';. er e~!K"''Y affirmed on the Btncb, uHng \Vords to this fLUpofe, WU: fl!lll /iave .}QII1 ltJ know, tbat ro"fh~u •·• bt J••c~~oJ,.,wb•ttbcL<Iwfayr, ~J . vA, .J. [ t 2 |