A trial by such a jury is really a trial by the government itself and not a trial by the country because it is a trial only by men specially selected by the government for their readiness to enforce its own tyrannical measures.
Spooner asserts that a jury selected by the government undermines the concept of a fair trial by the people.
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They are every day committing errors, which would be crimes, but for their ignorance of the law.
Any restriction upon the exercise of this right is a restriction upon his rightful power of providing for, and accomplishing, his own well-being.
It would be a solecism and absurdity in government to allow such consequences as these.
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.