If, therefore, a succession of juries do disagree on the law of any case, the presumption is, not that justice fails of being done, but that injustice is prevented that injustice, which would be done, if the opinion of the court were suffered to control the jury.
Spooner argues that disagreements among juries may indicate a prevention of injustice rather than a failure of justice.
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That the legislation of the king was of no authority over a jury, is further proved by the oath taken by the kings at their coronation.
Proud from victory, and with their swords in their hands, would they surrender their liberties to a private man?
Any restriction upon the exercise of this right is a restriction upon his rightful power of providing for, and accomplishing, his own well-being.
A man has a natural right to enforce his own rights and redress his own wrongs.