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That, for these reasons, the jury, being a loyal jury (as he knew

they were), and being a responsible jury (as they knew they

were), must positively find the prisoner Guilty, and make an end

of him, whether they liked it or not. That, they never could lay

their heads upon their pillows; that, they never could tolerate

the idea of their wives laying their heads upon their pillows;

that, they never could endure the notion of their children laying

their heads upon their pillows; in short, that there never more

could be, for them or theirs, any laying of heads upon pillows at

all, unless the prisoner's head was taken off. That head Mr.

Attorney-General concluded by demanding of them, in the name of

everything he could think of with a round turn in it, and on the

faith of his solemn asseveration that he already considered the

prisoner as good as dead and gone.