the jury wanted better evidence than that and he was acquitted, at a cost of $30,000 in bribes, it was estimated.

He was acquitted, with the jury sympathetic to the wounds that Aeschylus and his brother Cynegeirus suffered at Marathon.

During his trial, nine witnesses testified to the fact that he was insane, and the jury acquitted him, finding him " not guilty by reason of insanity.

While so many terrors hung over the people, no jury durst have acquitted a man, when the court was resolved to have him condemned.

An infamous case was the 1992 trial in the Rodney King case in California, in which white police officers were acquitted of excessive force in the violent beating of a black man by a jury consisting mostly of whites without any black jurors, with a video tape showing King continuing to try to get up despite the beating.

Contrary to the legal principle of " no double jeopardy ," after the officers were acquitted, the government renamed the crime and tried the officers a second time for the same event and got a conviction from a jury with black jurors.

* Former Premier of Queensland Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen was acquitted of perjury due to a hung jury.

In 1874 he shot and killed Major Harry Larkyns, his wife's lover, and was acquitted in a jury trial on the grounds of justifiable homicide.

The jury dismissed the insanity plea, but acquitted the photographer on the grounds of " justifiable homicide ", disregarding the judge's instructions.

J. S. Woodsworth, a strike leader, had seditious libel charges against him dropped after a jury acquitted Fred Dixon.

After three years of testimony, McMartin and Buckey were acquitted on 52 of 65 counts, and the jury was deadlocked on the remaining 13 charges against Buckey, with 11 of 13 jurors choosing not guilty.

Tried separately in late October 1770, Preston was acquitted after the jury was convinced that he had not ordered the troops to fire.

The jury agreed with Adams and acquitted six of the soldiers after two and one-half hours deliberation.

The jury, however, acquitted him due in part to Murphy's disruption of the line-up.

Clint Eugene Phillips was acquitted of her murder in 2003 by a jury trial.

According to the Constitution of the Athenians associated with Aristotle, he was later acquitted by bribing the jury.

Two defendants were acquitted because of jury deadlock.

( Citation not appropriate-see Discussion ) Two police officers and one probation officer who had been in the boat were tried for the offense of criminally negligent homicide, but all were acquitted " by an all-white jury in Dallas.

The jury acquitted Gideon after one hour of deliberation.

He later recanted this confession and was acquitted of all charges at trial by jury.

The judge finally leaves the case to the jury ( the Opera House audience ) and says if they will sing along with the song, it will be acquitted.

Even prior to Bushell's Case, Sir Nicholas Throckmorton, a Episcopacy | non-Episcopalian English Dissenter or Nonconformists | Nonconformist outside of the established Church of England, was acquitted by a jury, despite the hostility of the judges.

In 1554, a jury acquitted Sir Nicholas Throckmorton, but was severely punished by the court.

No cow thief could count on a jury of his sympathetic peers to free him any longer.

After an initial rejection, which he attributed to a `` general Excitement against Abolition and Emancipation '', Giffen bribed the right individuals on the jury, and got the permission without further delay.

The grand jury commented on a number of other topics, among them the Atlanta and Fulton County purchasing departments which it said `` are well operated and follow generally accepted practices which inure to the best interest of both governments ''.

The jury also commented on the Fulton ordinary's court which has been under fire for its practices in the appointment of appraisers, guardians and administrators and the awarding of fees and compensation.

-- The FBI yesterday arrested on a perjury charge one of the members of the jury that failed to reach a verdict in the `` Freedom Rider '' bus burning trial four weeks ago.

A mistrial was declared in the case against the other seven when the jury was unable to agree on a verdict.

Neither was seated on the jury.

He was not seated on the jury.

Some examples of reversible error would be erroneously instructing the jury on the law applicable to the case, permitting seriously improper argument by an attorney, admitting or excluding evidence improperly, acting outside the court's jurisdiction, injecting bias into the proceeding or appearing to do so, juror misconduct, etc.

Additionally, if a Defendant has been charged on an indictment with assault occasioning actual bodily harm ( ABH ), or racially / religiously aggravated assault, then a jury in the Crown Court may acquit the Defendant of the more serious offence, but still convict of common assault if it finds common assault has been committed.

1000 and 1500 are regularly encountered as jury sizes and on at least one occasion, the first time a new kind of case was brought to court ( see graphē paranómōn ), all 6, 000 members of the jury pool were put onto the one case.

Under this anything passed by the assembly or even proposed but not yet voted on, could be put on hold for review before a jury — which might annul it and perhaps punish the proposer as well.

In the Gorgias written years later Plato has Socrates contemplating the possibility of himself on trial before the Athenians: he says he would be like a doctor prosecuted by a pastry chef before a jury of children.

Justice is done when the most effective adversary is able to convince the judge or jury that his or her perspective on the case is the correct one.

The rules of evidence are also developed based upon the system of objections of adversaries and on what basis it may tend to prejudice the trier of fact which may be the judge or the jury.

In the United States, the Fifth Amendment has been interpreted to prohibit a jury from drawing a negative inference based on the defendant's invocation of his right not to testify, and the jury must be so instructed if the defendant requests.

Many ships had only jury masts and it took a full day for the convoy to reach the mouth of the bay, finally sailing into open water on 15 August.

Among many achievements, Henry institutionalized common law by creating a unified system of law " common " to the country through incorporating and elevating local custom to the national, ending local control and peculiarities, eliminating arbitrary remedies and reinstating a jury system – citizens sworn on oath to investigate reliable criminal accusations and civil claims.

He quotes the public apologies of the men on the jury and one of the judges.

Cross-examination is considered an essential component of a jury trial because of the impact it has on the opinions of the judge and jury.

The opinions by a jury or judge are often changed during cross examination if doubt is cast on the witness.