WILLIAM PENN'S TRIAL!

     SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

        WILLIAM PENN;'S TRIAL!

    What's that!? The guy who founded

Pennsylvania put on trial!? Yep! And the

outcome of that trial has had a lasting

effect on many of us! You see back in 1670

in merry old England Wiliam Penn and

William Meade were placed under arrest

for preaching to several hundred quakers.

They were charged with disturbing the peace,

disorderl y conduct, and "riot!" A jury found

them guilty of only onr of the charges. But the

court wasn't happy with that result so it ordred

the jurrors to deliberate again. They did. And,  

this time, they found Penn and Meade not guilty

of all the charges! The court was so angry it jailed

the jurrors! They sued and won, resulting in the

principal that jurrors are the sole deciders on the

question of guilt or innocence and cannot be

punished for the decision they make! Pretty

important principal! Hope you agree and that

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