I give this statement of Blackstone, because the latter clause may seem to militate with the idea, which the former clause corroborates, viz., that at the time of Magna Carta, fines were the usual punishment of offenses.
Spooner references Blackstone to highlight the commonality of fines as punishments at the time of the Magna Carta.
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The will, or the pretended will, of the majority, is the last lurking place of tyranny at the present day.
All those who are not forbidden by law may be judges (jurors).
It was simply, that they would neither convict the innocent, nor acquit the guilty.
Any restriction upon the exercise of this right is a restriction upon his rightful power of providing for, and accomplishing, his own well-being.