USURPATIONE DEPRESSI LEGIBUS
RESTITUTI
17 MARCH 1803
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THE
FREEMEN OF PLYMOUTH REQUEST YOUR WEARING THIS
MEDAL
TO BE RETURNED AT THE EXPIRATION OF YOUR
MAYORALTY
IN HONORABLE TOKEN OF THAT INESTIMABLE BRANCH OF THE BRITISH
CONSTITUTION
TRIAL BY JURY
BY WHOSE VERDICT
THEIR RIGHT
TO ELECT A CHIEF MAGISTRATE FOR THE BOROUGH WAS RESTORED AFTER
HAVING BEEN UNJUSTLY WITHELD FOR UPWARDS OF THREE
CENTURIES
