An Essay on the TRIAL BY JURY
By LYSANDER SPOONER – 1852
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“It was anciently called "trial per pais" - that is, "trial by the country." And now, in every criminal trial, the jury are told that the accused "has, for trial, put himself upon the country; which country you (the jury) are." The object of this trial "by the country," or by the people, in preference to a trial by the government, is to guard against every species of oppression by the government. In order to effect this end, it is indispensable that the people, or "the country," judge of and determine their own liberties against the government; instead of the government's judging of and determining its own powers over the people. How is it possible that juries can do anything to protect the liberties of the people against the government, if they are not allowed to determine what those liberties are?”
A Must Read for all who wish to be called Patriots and those who wish to rise up and remain Freemen.
An Essay on the TRIAL BY JURY
By LYSANDER SPOONER – 1852
http://www.barefootsworld.net/trial01.html
The Question:
What makes an oppressive government? –
The Answer:
“The Government’s Job is to make more Government"
"In order to effect this end, it is indispensable that the people, or "the country," judge of and determine their own liberties against the government;"
An Essay on the TRIAL BY JURY
By LYSANDER SPOONER – 1852
http://www.barefootsworld.net/trial01.html
The Question:
What makes an oppressive government? –
The Answer:
“The Government’s Job is to make more Government"
"In order to effect this end, it is indispensable that the people, or "the country," judge of and determine their own liberties against the government;"
An Essay on the Trial by Jury written in 1852 by Lysander Spooner is an excellent treatise on the reason we have the jury system available as a right within the Anglo-Saxon justice system and an excellent point of beginning for the study of Constitutional and Common Law.
