I give this statement of Blackstone, because the latter clause may seem to militate with the idea, which the former clause corroborates, viz., that at the time of Magna Carta, fines were the usual punishment of offenses.
Spooner references Blackstone to highlight the commonality of fines as punishments at the time of the Magna Carta.
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Why should they not have such an administration of justice as they desire, and can understand?
All other laws, it is optional with each man to obey, or not, as he may choose.
Yet the codes of the most celebrated kings are very small, and were little more than compilations of immemorial customs.
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