Now all these things were very unnecessary and foolish, if his laws were binding upon juries; because, in that ease, he could have procured the conviction of these men in a legal manner, and thus have saved the necessity of such usurpation.
Spooner asserts that the king's laws were unnecessary if they could easily convict individuals through legal means.
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And he can rightfully be held to no greater knowledge of the law than this.
Why should they not have such an administration of justice as they desire, and can understand?
They were even allowed to grant pardon to criminals, and to correct by their clemency the rigors of justice.
It would also be making them consent to what they regard as the destruction of their own rights.