One of the rejoicing populace was seized.

But the tribunal felt that it would be absurd to punish a single individual for an offence common to hundreds of thousands, and dismissed him with a gentle reprimand.

[403] It was vain to think of passing at that moment to any other business.
Indeed the roar of the multitude was such that, for half an hour, scarcely a word could be heard in court.

Williams got to his coach amidst a tempest of hisses and curses.

Cartwright, whose curiosity was ungovernable, had been guilty of the folly and indecency of coming to Westminster in order to hear the decision.