Neither can they, without breach of that oath, resign their consciences, or blindly submit to the dictates of others; and therefore ought to receive or reject such advices, as they judge them good or bad. * *Nothing can be more plain and express than the words of the oath are to this purpose.
Spooner insists that jurors must not surrender their conscience to external pressures.
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What else than ignorance of the law is it that excuses persons under the years of discretion, and men of imbecile minds?
Why should they not have such an administration of justice as they desire, and can understand?
The presumption clearly is that all were eligible.
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