Originally Posted by daver

"Wilbur Whately," he began, "this court is proud to announce that
you have been unanimously acquitted of the charge of political
irresponsibility, and of unjustified and excessive atrocity.

"There was one dissenting vote on acquitting you of the charge of
political irresponsibility; one of the associate judges felt that the late
unmitigated scoundrel, Austin Maverick, ought to have been
skinned alive, an inch at a time. You are, however, acquitted of
that charge, too."