Lysander Spooner: “And we acknowledge that, according to our pledge, you have now a right to require of us that we coerce a fulfilment of…”

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.

From the sale of that justice which every citizen has a right to demand, it was an easy transition to withhold or deny it.

The presumption clearly is that all were eligible.

But there is no reason why a judge should have the power of punishing, for contempt, any more than for any other offence.