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On William Penn's trial

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  1. Thomas Green, Verdict
--"Restoration persecution of the Quakers began with the 1662 Quaker Act and reached its height in 1664, the year in which Parliament passed Conventicle Act, which made most nonconformist religious meetings unlawful."
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More Trials of Quakers

  1. The first trial I want to cite here in comparison is the one taken place right after Penn's trial. Another group of Quakers were tried for the exact same facts. (pg. 426)
  2. The second trial was one in 1664, by Judge Orlando Bridgeman. (pg. 244)
  3. The last one was another trial in 1664. Found not guilty (pg. 400)
 
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<		--"The Act to prevent and suppress seditious conventicles was literally interpreted by the Stuart bench. The Act's preamble declared that Parliament sought to suppress seditious conventicles, but the body of the Act proscribed meetings, "under pretense or color of religion" without repeating the adjective "seditious". The bench concluded that the jury must convict if there was manifest proof that the defendant had taken part in what appeared to be such a meeting, unless the defendant showed either that the meeting was not under pretense of religion or that it was not nonconformist. Conviction did not require proof of seditious purposes. That, the bench ruled, was presumed by law. (pg. 204)
 
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<		2. State Trial (Original text of Penn's trial) --Court fails to state a specific law on which the indictment is based (WHY?)
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<		--Court then stated one (after pulling Penn and Mead down to the dock), that "You have heard what the Indictmet is, It is for preaching to the people, and drawing a tumultuous company after them
 3. Horle --Why Quakers being persecuted, pg. 6-10. The reasons I see most related in Penn's case is Quaker's defiance against the authorities and customs, therefore the fun part about the hat in Penn's trial and why legal officials don't like Quakers.

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