. The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages;. o pay the fines so illegalh- inflicted upon them, were removedto Newgate. The latter, at Penns instigation, immediatelybrought an action against the Lord ]\Iayor and the Recorder,for having unjustifiably imprisoned them. It was argued onthe 9th of November before the twelve Judges, and, by theirunanimous opinion, decided in the favor of the were instantly set at liberty, and Pcnn went forthtriumphant. In the day of courtesan influence, of unblushing venalityand vice, the most odious laws might
. The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages;. o pay the fines so illegalh- inflicted upon them, were removedto Newgate. The latter, at Penns instigation, immediatelybrought an action against the Lord ]\Iayor and the Recorder,for having unjustifiably imprisoned them. It was argued onthe 9th of November before the twelve Judges, and, by theirunanimous opinion, decided in the favor of the were instantly set at liberty, and Pcnn went forthtriumphant. In the day of courtesan influence, of unblushing venalityand vice, the most odious laws might obtain the sanction of aparliamentary majority ; judges even might be found to ad-minister them ; but after all, it was now discovered, withalarm and indignation, that juries chosen from the body of thenation might refuse to convict under them, and so in realityannul them at the very moment they were brought into that day the jur> ceased to be a mere institution—itbecame a living power in the state; a power not inferior toeither King or Commons.—W. H. D.
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