A Lamentable Case of a Jury-Man

Thomas Rowlandson British
 Publisher Thomas Tegg British

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An elderly judge holds an open book at left and faces a jury member. He says, He says: "Mr Juryman— you have requested permission to retire for a few moments—I have been looking some time for a precedent, and have at last found by the 25th of William Rufus, Chap 531, that a Juryman on any urgent occasion may retire backwards for the space of ten minutes only—therefore you may withdraw." The juryman answers that it is no longer necessary.

A Lamentable Case of a Jury-Man, Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London), Hand-colored etching

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