If the people wish to have their rights respected and protected in courts of justice, it is manifestly of the last importance that they jealously guard the liberty of parties, counsel, witnesses, and jurors, against all arbitrary power on the part of the court.
He stresses the importance of protecting the rights of all court participants from arbitrary judicial power.
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Any restriction upon the exercise of this right is a restriction upon his rightful power of providing for, and accomplishing, his own well-being.
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.
In this manner all unjust laws are established, and made operative against the rights of the people.
It was simply, that they would neither convict the innocent, nor acquit the guilty.