The only point which a republican judge or citizen can, with decency, make on this subject is, Does the constitution forbid, prohibit, deny, such trial?--for, if it does not, then the jury should be granted of course.
Mann asserts that if the Constitution does not explicitly deny the right to a jury trial, it should be granted.
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