 ... and not the other, it could not be a verdict. Penn. If not guilty be not a verdict, then you make of the jury, and magna charta, but a mere nose of wax. Mead. How! Is not guilty no verdict? Rec . No, it is no verdict.  The Monthly magazine - Page 116by Monthly literary register - 1811Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Barker - 1847 - 332 pages
...mere nose of wax. Mead. How ! Is Not guilty no verdict ? Rec. No, it is no verdict. Penn. I affirm, that the consent of a jury is a verdict in law ; and if William Mead be not guilty, it consequently follows, that I am clear, since you have indicted us of a conspiiacy, and I could not... | |
 | 1744 - 726 pages
...Guilty be not a verdict, then you make of the jury and Magna Charta but a mere nose of wax ! I affirm, that the consent of a jury is a verdict in law ; and if William THE RIGHTS OF CONSCIENCE ASSERTED. Mead be not guilty, I am clear, as I could not possibly conspire... | |
 | William Hepworth Dixon - 1851 - 424 pages
...nose of wax. Mead: How! Is "Not Guilty" no verdict? Recorder : No, it is no verdict. Penn : I affirm that the consent of a jury is a verdict in law ; and if William Mead be not guilty, it follows that I am clear, since you have indicted us for conspiracy, and I could not possibly conspire... | |
 | Samuel Mcpherson Janney - 1852 - 580 pages
...of wax. Mead. — How ? Is not guilty no verdict ? Reed. — No, 'tis no verdict. Penn. — I affirm that the consent of a jury is a verdict in law ; and if William Mead be not guilty, it consequently follows that I am clear, since you have indicted us of a conspiracy, and I could not... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1867 - 370 pages
...Mead. " How ! Is ' Not Guilty ' no verdict ? " Recorder. " No, it is no verdict." Penn. " I affirm that the consent of a jury is a verdict in law; and if William Mead be not guilty, it follows that I am clear, since you have indicted us for conspiracy, and I could not possibly conspire... | |
 | William Hepworth Dixon - 1872 - 406 pages
...wax.' Mead : ' How ! Is Not guilty no verdict ?' Howell : ' No, it is no verdict.' Penn : ' I affirm that the consent of a jury is a verdict in law ; and if William Mead be not guilty, it follows that I am clear, since you have indicted us for conspiracy, and I could not possibly conspire... | |
 | W. H. Davenport Adams - 1885 - 434 pages
...wax." MEAD—" How ? Is ' Not Guilty' no verdict ? " RECORDER—" It is no verdict." PENN—" I affirm that the consent of a jury is a verdict in law; and if William Mead be not guilty, it follows that I am clear, since you have indicted us for conspiracy, and I could not possibly conspire... | |
 | 1889 - 466 pages
...verdict." MEAD.— "How? Is 'Not Guilty' not a verdict?" EEC. — "It is no verdict." PENN. — "I affirm that the consent of a jury is a verdict in law; and if William Mead be not guilty, it follows that I am clear, since you have indicted us for conspiracy, and I could not possibly conspire... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton - 1895 - 460 pages
...nose of wax. Mead. How ! Is " Not Guilty " no verdict? Recorder. No, it is no verdict. Penn. I affirm that the consent of a jury is a verdict in law ; and if William Mead be not guilty, it follows that I am clear, since you have indicted us for conspiracy, and I could not possibly conspire... | |
 | Georgia Bar Association - 1903 - 368 pages
...wax. Mead.— How! Is "Not Guilty" no verdict? Recorder. — No, it is no verdict. Penn. — I affirm that the consent of a jury is a verdict in law ; and if William Mead be not guilty, it follows that I am clear, since you have indicted us for conspiracy, and I could not possibly conspire... | |
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