CLER. How say you? Is William Mead Guilty, &c., or Not Guilty?
FORE-MAN. Not guilty.
CLER. Then hearken to your Verdict; you say that William Penn is Not Guilty in Manner and Form as he stands indicted; you say that William Mead is Not guilty in Manner and Form as he stands indicted, and so you say all?
JUR. Yes, we do so.
OBSER. The Bench being unsatisfied with the Verdict, commanded that every Person should distinctly answer to their Names, and give in their Verdict, which they unanimously did, in saying, Not Guilty, to the great Satisfaction of the Assembly.
REC. I am sorry, Gentlemen, you have followed your own Judgments and Opinions, rather than the good and wholsome Advice, which was given you; God keep my Life out of your Hands; but for this the Court Fines you forty Mark a Man; and Imprisonment till paid. At which Penn stept up towards the Bench, and said:
PEN. I demand my Liberty, being freed by the Jury.
MAY. No, you are in for your Fines.
PEN. Fines, for what?
MAY. For contempt of the Court.