Since twelve honest men have decided the cause,
And were judges of fact, tho' not judges of laws.
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The Honest Jury, in The Craftsman, Volume 5. 337. Refers to Sir Philip Yorke's unsuccessful prosecution of The Craftsman (1792). Quoted by Lord Mansfield.; in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 411-12.