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Whether the master proceeded by seizure, as he might, or by legal process, Trial by Jury, in a suit at Common Law, before one of the high courts of the realm, was equally secured.
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Sumner explains that whether through seizure or legal means, the right to a jury trial was guaranteed for the accused.
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