Lysander Spooner: “Why should they not have such an administration of justice as they desire, and can understand?”

Practically speaking, no government knows any limits to its power, except the endurance of the people.

They were even allowed to grant pardon to criminals, and to correct by their clemency the rigors of justice.

From the sale of that justice which every citizen has a right to demand, it was an easy transition to withhold or deny it.

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.