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?
FORE-M. My Lord, This is all I had in Commission.
OBSER. Here some of the Jury seemed to buckle to the Questions of the Court; upon which, Bushel, Hammond, and some others, opposed themselves, and said, they allowed of no such Word, as an unlawful Assembly in their Verdict; at which the Recorder, Mayor, Robinson and Bloodworth took great occasion to villifie them with most opprobrious Language; and this Verdict not serving their Turns, the Recorder express'd himself thus.