That to make all traffic just and equal, it is indispensable that, in each separate purchase and sale, the money paid should be a bona fide equivalent of the labor or property bought with it.
This statement emphasizes the necessity of fair exchange in transactions to ensure justice.
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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.
It was simply, that they would neither convict the innocent, nor acquit the guilty.
They are every day committing errors, which would be crimes, but for their ignorance of the law.
It is also sheer impudence, on their part, to assume that their commands are at all necessary to teach other men what is, and what is not, justice.