case the king against sir John Elliot DENZELL Hollis and benjamin valentine a  information against three member of the house of Commons for conspire to  disturb the public tranquillity by accuse the administration of a intention to  subvert the liberty of the subject and the privilege of parliament and for all  assault by detain the speaker forcible in the chair to prevent a adjournment  of the house c see Hume hist England Vol and post and Prinns Inst   light Rep  the court of king bench may try and punish crime and misdemeanour commit by  member in the house of Commons Mod Mod hob salk ld raym a information be  exhibit against they by the attorneygeneral recite that a parliament be summon  to be hold at Westminster Decimus seven of Mars tertio caroli king ibidem  begin and that sir John Elliot be duly elect and return knight for the county  of Cornwall and the other two burgess of parliament for other place and sir  John finch choose speaker that sir John Elliot to contrive skilfully et to  stretch out omnibus way et manner to sow et to call out discord evil will  murmur and sedition as well versus king magnate to bear before proceres et  justice swine how inter magnate proceres et justice et mortal remains to put  under king et altogether deprivare et to turn away regimen et steering royal  power England tam in lord ring how in conciliariis et female attendant nest  pron  interrog  noble birth et to lead in commotion et mingling in all estate  and part et ad thought that all the king subject shall withdraw their  affection from the king the twentythird of February year quarto caroli in the  parliament and hear of the Commons falsely wickedly et mutinous use these word  the king privycouncil his judge and his counsel learned have conspire together  to trample under their foot the liberty of the subject of this realm and the  liberty of this house and afterward upon the second of march year quarto  aforesaid the king appoint the parliament to be adjourn until the ten of march  next follow and so signify his pleasure to the house of Commons and that the  three defendant the say second day of march car wickedly agree and among  themselves conspire to disturb and distract the Commons that they shall not  adjourn themselves accord to the king pleasure before signify and that the say  sir John Elliot accord to the agreement and conspiracy aforesaid have  malicious in propositum et thought predict in the house of Commons aforesaid  speak these false malicious pernicious and seditious word precedent c and that  the say Denzell Hollis accord to the agreement and conspiracy aforesaid  between he and the other defendant then and there falsely wickedly et mutinous  utter haec falsehood wicked et scandalosa word to go before c and that the say  Denzell Hollis and Benjamin Valentine secundum agreamentum et concord in  feeling predict et ad thought et propositum predict utter the say word upon  the say second day of march after the signify the king pleasure to adjourn and  the say sir John finch the speaker endeavour to get out of the chair accord to  the king command they way et arms manu strong et forbidden assault evil  entreat and forcible detain he in the chair and afterward he be out of the  chair they assault he in the house and evil entreat he et violent manu strong  et forbidden draw he to the chair and thrust he into it whereupon there be  great tumult and commotion in the house to the great terror of the Commons  there assemble against their allegiance in maximum contempt and to the  disherison of the king his drown and dignity for which c to this information  the defendant appear plead to the jurisdiction of tile court that the court  ought not to have cognizance thereof because it be for offence do in  parliament and ought to be there examine and punish and not elsewhere it be  thereupon demurrer and after argument adjudge that they ought to answer for  the charge be for conspiracy seditious act and practice to stop the  adjournment croak car er p of the parliament which may be examine out of  parliament be seditious and unlawful act and this court may take cognizance  and punish they afterward diverse rule be give they to plead and they refuse  judgement be give against they videlicet against sir John Elliot that he shall  be commit to the tower and shall pay two thousand pound fine and upon his  enlargement shall find surety for his good behaviour and against Hollis a that  he shall pay a thousand mark and shall be imprison and find surety c and  against Valentine that he shall pay five hundred pound fine be imprison and  find surety note that afterward in the parliament car it be resolve by the  house of Commons that they shall have recompense for their damage loss  imprisonment and suffer sustain for the service of the commonwealth in the  parliament of car vide postea fol the vote of the house of Commons and  resolution of the lord concern the illegality of this judgement car croak car  easter term car in the king bench sir Nicholas hide Knt chief justice sir  William Jones Knt sir James Whitlock Knt sir George croak Knt justice sir  Robert he that Knt attorneygeneral sir Richard Sheldon Knt solicitor general