So Lord Mansfield decided that he would assume, without deciding, that James Somerset was indeed a legal person, and he issued the writ of habeus corpus, and James's body was brought in by the captain of the ship.
Jadi Lord Mansfield memutuskan dia akan berasumsi tanpa memutuskan, bahwa James Somerset memang orang hukum, dan dia mengeluarkan surat perintah habeus corpus, dan James didatangkan oleh kapten kapal.