Excerpt from Notes of the Judgment Delivered by Sir George Croke in the Case of Ship-Money: Edited, From the Ms. In Possession of the Earl of Verulam This is a case of as great consequence as ever came judicially into any Courte, therefore it behoveth us to be as carefull in delivering judgement in it. I have deliberately scanned what hath beine said of both sides at the barre by the counsell. I have considered maturely of what hath beine delivered by my brothers; uppon hearing of their grave judgements I endeavoured as much as in mee lay to conforme my owhe Opinion to theirs, much suspecting that my owne judgement was not guided aright when I heard them all judicially uppon their oathes give their judgement against my single opinion. Yet, because every one hath a private conscience to satisfie and give accoumpt of to God, I cannott be swayed by any thing that hath beine yet saide to give my judgement with the multitude; but in my opinion judgement ought totbe given for21 the defendant.b However, when judgement shalbe given in this Courte one waye or other, myne and all other men's judgements and consciences must be regulated accordingly; but to shewe that judgement ought not to be given against Mr. Hampden, I shall deliver my reasons, which shall stand upon these0 po[3iti0ns]. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.