Bushell’s Case in the United States
Bushell’s Case 6 State Trials 999 (1670)
United States Constitution
According to theEncyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled 435 BUSHELL’S CASE 6 State Trials 999 (1670) A unanimous decision of the Court of Common Pleas, Bushell’s Case stands for the proposition that a jury may not be punished for returning a verdict contrary to a court’s direction. In medieval England, bribery and intimidation were commonly accepted methods
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