 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
 | 1895 - 896 pages
...locked up without meat, fire, drink, or tobacco. You shall not think thus to abuse the court. We shall have a verdict, by the help of God, or you shall starve for it." They finally brought in a verdict of " not guilty," and each man was lined forty marks, and imprisoned... | |
 | Maryland State Bar Association, Maryland State Bar Association. Meeting - 1924 - 252 pages
...charge of tumultuous assembling, the Recorder, in his efforts to convict called to the jury, " We shall have a verdict' by the help of God, or you shall starve for it." And after an acquittal the jury were fined and imprisoned. It is quite clear now that there never was... | |
 | Alfred H. Knight - 1998 - 294 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....verdict by the help of God or you shall starve for it. According to Penn, the following stirring colloquy occurred as the jurors were being dragged off to... | |
 | William Andrews - 2001 - 296 pages
...dismissed till we have a verdict that the court will accept; and you shall be looked up, without meat, drink, fire, and tobacco. You shall not think thus to abuse the court. We will have a verdict, or you shall starve for it." Penn protested against this course;, upon which the Recorder ordered the... | |
 | Uwe Böker, Julie A. Hibbard - 2002 - 264 pages
...that the Court will accept; and you shall be lockt up, without Meat, Drink, Fire, and Tobacco; [...] we will have a Verdict, by the help of God, or you shall starve for it' 1316). And again, as the Observer remarked, the 'Court swore several Persons, to keep the Jury all... | |
 | Gwenyth Swain - 2003 - 72 pages
...that the court will accept; and you shall be locked up, without meat, drink, fire and tobacco.. .. [W]e will have a verdict, by the help of God, or you shall starve for it." Court officials in the 1600s often told juries how they should rule in cases. Sometimes they locked... | |
 | Carl Reader - 2005 - 136 pages
...till we have a verdict that the court will accept," Howell said. "You shall be locked up without meat, drink, fire and tobacco. You shall not think thus...verdict, by the help of God, or you shall starve for it." This was intolerable. "My jury, who are my judges, ought not to be thus menaced," I shouted at the... | |
 | Orison Swett Marden - 2005 - 465 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,... | |
 | James Wilson, Bird Wilson - 2005 - 1436 pages
...must form. If the first be the case, you ought to locked up without meat, drink, fire, and tobacco : we will have a verdict, by the help of God, or you stall starve for it. h But I have presumed the court to be well disposed. If they really are so, their... | |
 | Julius J. Marke, Richard Sloane, Linda M. Ryan - 2006 - 1218 pages
...dismissed 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...the help of God or you shall starve for it". Penn objected: "My jury, who are my judges, ought not to be thus menaced. Their verdict should be free -... | |
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