The Tryal of William Penn and William Mead for Causing a Tumult - at the Sessions Held at the Old Bailey in London the 1st, 3d, 4th, and 5th of September 1670 by Unknown
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MAY. Sirrah, you are an impudent Fellow, I will put a Mark upon you.
OBSER. They used much menacing Language, and behaved themselves very imperiously to the Jury, as Persons not more void of Justice than sober Education: After this barbarous Usage, they sent them to consider of bringing in their Verdict, and after some considerable time they returned to the Court. Silence was call'd for, and the Jury call'd by their Names. CLER. Are you agreed upon your Verdict? JURY. Yes. CLER. Who shall speak for you? JURY. Our Fore-man. CLER. Look upon the Prisoners at the Bar. How say you? Is _William Penn_ Guilty of the Matter whereof he stands indicted in Manner and Form, or Not Guilty? FORE-M. Guilty of Speaking in Gracechurch-Street. COURT. Is that all? FORE-M. That is all I have in Commission. REC. You had as good say nothing. MAY. Was it not an unlawful Assembly? You mean he was speaking to a Tumult of People there? |
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