They approached the most powerful judge, Lord Mansfield, who was chief judge of the court of King's Bench, and they demanded that he issue a common law writ of habeus corpus on behalf of James Somerset.
Au mers la cel mai influent judecător, Lord Mansfield, judecător suprem la Curtea Consiliului Regal, și au cerut după <i>Common Law</i>, o ordonanță de <i>habeas corpus</i> în numele lui James Somerset.