On 17 Feb, Charles wrote:
I came across Bushel's Case, which established in
1670 that a
judge can't really lock up a jury without food and drink indefinitely
to get the required verdict from them. Quite a lot hangs on that.
What would be nice would be a photo of the plaque in
the Old
Bailey, commemorating William Penn and his "partner in crime"
William Mead, who were in the dock in the relevant case.
I asked a friend of mine, a professional event photographer who works
in London, if he could kindly help, and today he took these:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:William_Penn_and_William_Mead_p…
one of which I have added to four relevant articles.
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Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk