| In felony cases a principal in the second degree could be convicted notwithstanding the prior acquittal of the first-degree principal. |
| If these compurgators all agreed in a declaration in favour of the accused, this was held to he a complete acquittal. |
| People commit wrong actions, for which they require forgiveness or acquittal. |
| In such cases, the earlier acquittal would not be controverted by a guilty verdict on the second. |
| But the juryman votes for acquittal anyway, reflecting that philosophers sometimes err. |
| In the United States, where defendants are protected against double jeopardy, his acquittal would have ensured that he went free. |
