... the trial by jury ever has been, and I trust ever will be, looked upon as the glory of the English law. And if it has so great an advantage over others in regulating civil property, how much must that advantage be heightened when it is applied to... Commentaries on the laws of England. [Another] - Page 371by sir William Blackstone - 1825Full view - About this book
| Edward Shippen, William Hamilton - Impeachments - 1805 - 590 pages
...concluding essays; the Senate may at leisure look at the remainder. The whole is well worth their perusal. " Upon these accounts the trial by jury ever has been,...that advantage be heightened, when it is applied to criminal cases ! But this w3 must refer to the ensuing book of these commentaries : only observing... | |
| 1805 - 596 pages
...essays ; the Senate may at leisure look at the remainder. The •whole is well worth their perusal. « Upon these accounts the trial by jury ever has been, and I trust ever will be, looked upon is the glory of the English law. And, if it has so great an advantage over others in regulating civil... | |
| Michael Bright (Gen.), Thomas Lloyd - Federal-state controversies - 1809 - 236 pages
...the facts, without re-examination or appeal." " The trial by jury," says judge Blackstone, " ever haa been, and I trust ever will be looked upon as the glory of the English Law." — And the attachment and veneration manifested for this mode of investigating facts, by that great luminary... | |
| Charles James Fox - Elections - 1819 - 92 pages
...in this land. It is in the third book' and the twenty-third chapter of Blackstone's Commentaries. " The trial by Jury ever has been, and I " trust ever...be, looked upon as the glory " of the English law. It is the most trans" cendant privilege which any subject can en" joy or wish for, that he cannot be... | |
| Great Britain - 1828 - 562 pages
...348. " Trial by jury ever has been, and I trust ever will be, looked on as the glory of the JKnglish law ; and if it has so great an advantage over others...property, how much must that advantage be heightened, wheu it is applied to criminal case*'. II is the most transcendent privilege which any subject can... | |
| Abraham John Valpy - 1828 - 572 pages
...spread, to the utter disuse of juries in questions of the most momentous concern." — 4 Bla. Com. 348. " Trial by jury ever has been, and I trust ever will be, looked on as the glory of the English law; and if it has so great an advantage over others in regulating civil... | |
| Sir William BLACKSTONE - 1837 - 468 pages
...among the Romans ? Does the Civil Law now admit of the open examination of witnesses ? TRIAL BY JURY. THE trial by jury ever has been, and I trust ever...will be, looked upon as the glory of the English law. It is the most transcendent privilege which any subject can enjoy or wish for, that he cannot be affected... | |
| Arkansas. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1872 - 752 pages
...than once insisted on as the principal bulwark of our liberties." Vol. 2, 350. Further on he says : "Upon these accounts the trial by jury ever has been, and I trust ever wiH be, looked upon as the glory of the English law, and it has so great an advantage over others in... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1852 - 668 pages
...read thus : Justice Blackstone, speaking of this institution, says : " The trial by joiry has ever been, and, I trust, ever will be, looked upon as the...property, how much must that advantage be heightened when Mitchell v. Harmony. it is applied to criminal cases ! It is the most transcendent privilege which... | |
| Lysander Spooner - History - 1852 - 224 pages
...be so hardy as to make, but also from all secret machinations which may sap and undermine it." * " The trial by jury ever has been, and I trust ever...will be, looked upon as the glory of the English law. . . It is the most transcendent privilege which any subject can enjoy or wish for, that he cannot be... | |
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