Such is the imperfection of language, and the want of technical skill in the makers of the law, that statutes often give occasion to the most perplexing and distressing doubts and discussions, arising from the ambiguity that attends them.
Spooner highlights the complexities and ambiguities often found in legal statutes.
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One answer is, that this power, which juries have of judging of the law, is not a power of absolute decision in all cases.
The will, or the pretended will, of the majority, is the last lurking place of tyranny at the present day.
In that case the trial is really a trial by the government, and not by the jury.
They were even allowed to grant pardon to criminals, and to correct by their clemency the rigors of justice.