A gentleman in black (said to be Mr. Longueville Clarke, one of the Committee of the Constitutional
Association, and one of the State Locusts) suddenly started up, and declared that he would not consent to such a course.
Mr. Cooper (to the man in black).—Are you the attorney for the prosecution, sir?
Mr. Longueville Clarke.—No: I am a member of the Constitutional Committee; and I will have a verdict.
Mr. Cooper.—However potent, sir, your word might be in the committee-room, it has no power in this Court.
Mr. Gurney, as counsel for the prosecution, in the absence of Mr. Murray, the attorney, would take upon himself the responsibility of consenting to discharge the jury.
Mr. Cooper, thinking it cruelty to confine the jury any longer would yield also to a consent for their discharge.
The jury were then sent for, and in their passage to the Court were loudly and rapturously cheered by the bystanders. Having answered to their names,
Mr. Justice Holroyd addressed them.—Gentlemen of the jury, I am glad that it is in my power to relieve you from your present unpleasant situation. The learned counsel on both sides have consented to discharge you without your returning a verdict.
The jury then left the Court, and were again loudly cheered in their passage through the Hall.