 Gentlemen, you shall not be dismissed till we have a verdict that the court will accept, and you shall be locked up without meat, drink, fire, and tobacco. You shall not think thus to abuse the court. We will have a verdict, by the help of God, or you...  The Monthly magazine - Page 116by Monthly literary register - 1811Full view - About this book
 | George Bancroft - 1888 - 658 pages
...Dissatisfied with the first verdict returned, the recorder heaped upon the jury every opprobrious epithet. " We will have a verdict, by the help of God, or you shall starve for it." "You are Englishmen," said Penn, who had been again brought to the bar ; " mind your privilege, give... | |
 | 1889 - 466 pages
...bring in a verdict which .the Court will accept. You shall be locked up, without meat, drink, fire or tobacco. You shall not think thus to abuse the Court....help of God, or you shall starve for it!" PENN.— "The jury, who are my judges, ought not to be thus menaced. Their verdict should be free — not forced."... | |
 | 1889 - 526 pages
...Were sent back three times to get a different verdu , ,he Recorder assuring them the third time : " We will have a verdict, by the help of God, or you shall starve for it." God did help them, and again the verdict was '' not guilty." On the solid basis of the fundamental... | |
 | 1904 - 926 pages
...the recorder charged the jury in his absence. Then began the efforts to force a conviction. "We shall have a verdict by the help of God, or you shall starve for it," the Recorder told the jury. But they finally agreed upon an acquittal, whereupon they were fined and... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1893 - 1000 pages
...in a verdict of acquittal. The court ordered them back to their room, with the angry declaration : " We will have a verdict, by the help of God, or you shall starve for it." " You are Englishmen/' cried Penn to the jurors, as they were retiring: "mind your privilege; give... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton - 1895 - 460 pages
...said, "till you bring in a verdict which the court will accept. You shall be locked up, without meat, drink, fire, and tobacco. You shall not think thus...help of God, or you shall starve for it ! " Penn. The jury, who are my judges, ought not to be thus menaced. Their verdict should be free — not forced.... | |
 | James Wilson - 1895 - 642 pages
...verdict that the court will accept ; and you shall be locked up without meat, drink, fire, and tobacco : we will have a verdict, by the help of God, or you shall starve for it.1 But I have presumed the court to be well disposed. If they really are so, their situation is,... | |
 | Orison Swett Marden - 1897 - 582 pages
...spoken at a Quaker meeting, the recorder, not satisfied with the first verdict, said to the jury : " We will have a verdict by the help of God, or you shall starve for it." " You are Englishmen," said Penn ; " mind your privileges, give not away your right." At last the jury,... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1898 - 654 pages
...Dissatisfied with the first verdict returned, the recorder heaped upon the jury every opprobrious epithet. " We will have a verdict, by the help of God, or you shall starve for it." "You are Englishmen," said Penn, who had been again brought to the bar ; " mind your privilege, give... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1898 - 654 pages
...Dissatisfied with the first verdict returned, the recorder heaped upon the jury every opprobrious epithet. " We will have a verdict, by the help of God, or you shall starve for it." "You are Englishmen," said Penn, who had been again brought to the bar ; " mind your privilege, give... | |
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