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What is here said so plainly and forcibly of the oath and obligations of grand juries, is equally applicable to the oath and obligations of petit juries.
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Lysander Spooner
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Spooner believes that the principles regarding grand juries apply equally to petit juries.
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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.
They were even allowed to grant pardon to criminals, and to correct by their clemency the rigors of justice.
One answer is, that this power, which juries have of judging of the law, is not a power of absolute decision in all cases.
It would be a solecism and absurdity in government to allow such consequences as these.