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The jurors who refused to convict William Penn in 1670 were fined and imprisoned for...

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Image title: The jurors who refused to convict William Penn in 1670 were fined and imprisoned for contempt of court because they returned a verdict with which the judge disagreed. One juror, Edward Bushell, refused to pay the fine and instead sued for a writ of habeas corpus which was received by the Court of Common Pleas, presided over by Sir John Vaughan (d. 1674). Portrayed here on the frontispiece of a collection of his most famous judgments, Vaughan ruled that the imprisonment of the jury in this case was contrary to the terms of Magna Carta, and so he declared it illegal for jurors to be punished for the verdicts which they had reached. His decision, in what became known as Bushell's Case, became a landmark ruling that ensured the future autonomy of English juries. It also had consequences for jurisprudence in North America, where Penn, inspired by the trial, incorporated Magna Carta into the laws of his new colony
Location: British Library, London, UK

Image description: The reports and arguments of ... Sir J. V. ... Being all of them special cases, and many wherein he pronounced the resolution of the whole court of Common Pleas; at the time he was Chief Justice there London, 1677 Language: English Source/Shelfmark: 513.k.17, frontispiece and title page
Photo credit: From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: book / legal profession / frontispiece / written language / legal practictioner / event / events / legacy / text / british library exhibitions / magna carta exhibition / title page / portrait / liberty / magna carta anniversary / 17th century / document / judge / british library exhibition

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