He then came up for sentence under the original verdict.

The court sent him to prison for twenty-two months, and condemned him to pay a fine of a thousand pounds.
Wilkes was in prison when the second session of the new Parliament began.

His case came before the House in November 1768, on his own petition, accusing Lord Mansfield of altering the record at his trial.
After many acrimonious debates and examinations of Wilkes and others at the bar of the House, at length, by 219 votes against 136, the famous motion was passed which expelled him from the House.

Another election for Middlesex was now held, and Wilkes was returned without opposition.

The day after the return, the House of Commons resolved by an immense majority, that having been expelled, Wilkes was incapable of serving in that Parliament.