Prisoner, your counsel thinks you innocent and I think you innocent. But a jury of your own fellow countrymen, in the exercise of such common sense as they possess, have found you guilty and it remains that I should pass sentence upon you. You will be imprisoned for one day and as that day was yesterday, you're free to go about your business.
Justice William Henry Maule, 1788-1858, upon receiving an obviously wrong verdict from a jury.