One o'clock
Other causes came on , and still the jury did not return to court . Mr. Chaffanbrass seemed to have forgotten the very existence of Alaric Tudor , and was deeply engaged in vindicating a city butcher from an imputation of having vended a dead ass by way of veal . All his indignation was now forgotten , and he was full of boisterous fun , filling the court with peals of laughter . One o'clock came , two , three , four , five , six , seven , and still no verdict . At the latter hour , when the court was about to be adjourned , the foreman came in , and assured the judge that there was no probability that they could agree ; eleven of them thought one way , while the twelfth was opposed to them . ` You must reason with the gentleman , ' said the judge . ` I have , my lord , ' said the foreman , ` but it 's all thrown away upon him . '