But for their right to judge of the law, and the justice of the law, juries would be no protection to an accused person, even as to matters of fact; for, if the government can dictate to a jury any law whatever, in a criminal case, it can certainly dictate to them the laws of evidence.


An Essay on the Trial by Jury (ed. 1852)

Lysander Spooner Quotes

But for their right to judge of the law, and the justice of the law, juries would be no protection to an accused person, even as to matters of fact;...

But for their right to judge of the law, and the justice of the law, juries would be no protection to an accused person, even as to matters of fact;...

But for their right to judge of the law, and the justice of the law, juries would be no protection to an accused person, even as to matters of fact;...

But for their right to judge of the law, and the justice of the law, juries would be no protection to an accused person, even as to matters of fact;...