Lysander Spooner: “That the legislation of the king was of no authority over a jury, is…”

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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.

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Lysander Spooner

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Spooner highlights that the king's legislation held no authority over juries, as evidenced by the coronation oath.

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It would be a solecism and absurdity in government to allow such consequences as these.

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

Proud from victory, and with their swords in their hands, would they surrender their liberties to a private man?

Since Magna Carta, we have evidence showing quite conclusively that all freemen, above the age of twenty-one years, were eligible as jurors.

Lysander Spooner: “That the legislation of the king was of no authority over a jury, is further proved by the oath taken by the kings at…”