_The Solicitor-General_ then proceeded to sum up for the Crown, and since he could not be heard by some lords at the upper end of the house, the _Duke of Leeds_ moved either that 'any person that has a stronger voice should sum up the evidence,' or that 'you will dispense with the orders of the house so far, as that Mr. Solicitor may come to the clerk's table, or some other place within the house, where he may be heard by all.' _The Earl of Rochester_ opposed the second alternative on the ground that 'in point of precedent many inconveniences' would occur were such a course adopted. _The Earl of Bridgewater_ suggested that the difficulty might be met by sending the guard to clear the passages about the court, which was accordingly done, apparently with success. _The Solicitor-General_ then continued his summing up the evidence; his only original comment on the case being that as there was no evidence as to whose hand it was by which Coote was wounded, 'until that can be known, every person that was there must remain under the imputation of the same guilt, as having a hand, and contributing to his death.' Then the lords went back to their own house in the same order they came into the court in Westminster Hall, and debated the matter among themselves, what judgment to give upon the evidence that had been heard; and in about two hours' time they returned again into the court, erected upon a scaffold in Westminster-hall; and after they were seated in their places, the Lord High Steward being seated in his chair before the throne, spoke to the Lords thus: LORD HIGH STEWARD--Will your lordships proceed to give your judgment? LORDS--Ay, Ay. Then the Lord High Steward asked this question of every one of the lords there present, beginning with the puisne baron, which was the lord Bernard. LORD HIGH STEWARD--My lord Bernard, is Edward Earl of Warwick guilty of the felony and murder whereof he stands indicted, or not guilty? The lord Bernard stood up in his place uncovered, and laying his right hand upon his breast pronounced his judgment thus: LORD BERNARD--Not Guilty of murder, but Guilty of manslaughter, upon my honour. The same question was asked severally of all the lords, who in the same form delivered the same opinion. Then the Lord High Steward reckoned up the number of peers present, and the opinions that were given, and announced that there were 93 present, and that they had all acquitted lord Warwick of murder, but had found him guilty of manslaughter. Lord Warwick was then called in, the judgment was announced to him, and he was asked what he had to say why judgment of death should not be pronounced against him according to law. And he claimed the benefit of his peerage, under the statute of Edward the 6th.