Lord Lyndhurst told a curious anecdote about a trial of a civil
cause in which the jury would not agree on their verdict.
They retired on the evening of one day, and remained till one
o’clock the next afternoon, when, being still disagreed, a
juror was drawn. There was only one juror who held out against
the rest--Mr. Berkeley (M.P. for Bristol). The case was tried
over again, and the jury were unanimously of Mr. Berkeley’s
opinion, which was, in fact, right--a piece of conscientious
obstinacy which prevented the legal commission of a wrong.
(Text.)--GREVILLE’S “Memoirs.”
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=Convictions, Lack of=--See INCERTITUDE.