still be punished if it could be demonstrated that they had acted improperly. See also Jury nullification, called a "perverse verdict" in English law Notes Bibliography "The Trial of William Penn and William Mead, at the Old Bailey, for a Tumultuous Assembly", 22 Charles II. A. D. 1670, Howell's State Trials, Vol. 6, Page 951, at Constitution Society "Case of the Imprisonment of Edward Bushell for alleged Misconduct as a Juryman", 22 Charles II. A. D. 1670, Vaughan's Reports, 135, Howell's State Trials, Vol. 6, Page 999, at Constitution Society "Between Local Knowledge and National Politics: Debating Rationales for Jury Nullification after Bushell’s Case" by Simon Stern, 111 Yale Law Journal 1815 (2002). Rhodes, David. "Life in Crime: Can a Judge ever direct a jury to convict?" Solicitors Journal 8 December 2006 External links Text of Vaughan's opinion in this case, Select Statutes, Cases, and Documents to Illustrate English Constitutional History, 1660-1832: With a Supplement from 1832-1894, p. 223 (Sir Charles Grant Robertson, ed., Methuen & Company, 1904). 1670 in law 1670 in England English criminal case law Legal history of England Jury nullification Juries in the United Kingdom Court of Common Pleas (England) cases