All the freeholders were required to attend the courts, that they might serve as jurors and witnesses, and do any other service that could legally be required of them; and their attendance was paid for by the state.
Spooner notes the obligation of freeholders to serve in courts, highlighting civic duty.
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All other laws, it is optional with each man to obey, or not, as he may choose.
All those who are not forbidden by law may be judges (jurors).
It was a principle of the Common Law, as it is of the law of nature, and of common sense, that no man can be taxed without his personal consent.
One answer is, that this power, which juries have of judging of the law, is not a power of absolute decision in all cases.