...Judge Blackstone, in his learned commentaries, (article Jury Trial,) says, it is the most transcendant privilege which any subject can enjoy, or wish for,...unanimous consent of twelve of his neighbours and equals. A constitution, that I may venture to affirm, has, under providence, secured the just liberties of...

...property, how much must that advantage be heightened, when it is applied to criminal cases'. It is die most transcendent privilege which any subject can...person, but by the unanimous consent of twelve of bis neighbors and equals. A constitution, that I may venture to affirm has, under Providence, secured...

...civil property, how much must that advantage be heightened, wheu it is applied to criminal case*'. II is the most transcendent privilege which any subject...or wish for, that he cannot be affected, either in hit property, kit liberty, or his person, but by the unanimous consent of twelve of his neighbors and...

...less than twenty dollars, are not allowed the privilege of juries. It has been well remarked, "that it is the most transcendent privilege which any subject...liberty, or his person, but by the unanimous consent of twelre of his neighbor* and equals." CHAPTER XXIII. Restrictions on the Powers of the Statet. " No...

...is less than twenty dollars, are not allowed the privilege of juries. It ha* been well remarked, " it is the most transcendent privilege which any subject...person, but by the unanimous consent of twelve of .hia neighbors and equals." CHAPTER XXVI. Restrictions on t/te Powers of the States. 423. No state...

...trial by jury ever has been, and I trust ever will be, looked upon as the glory of the English law. It is the most transcendent privilege which any subject...unanimous consent of twelve of his neighbours and equals. A constitution that I may venture to affirm, has, under Providence, secured the just liberties of this...

...this we must refer to the ensuing book of these Commentaries, only observing, for the present, that it is the most transcendent privilege which any subject...person, but by the unanimous consent of twelve of his neighbors and equals," * * * "and therefore, a celebrated French writer, who concludes, that because...

...iunovation is gravely questionable." And in his " Commentaries," the celebrated Blackstone remarks : — " It is the most transcendent privilege which any subject can enjoy or wish for, that he caunot be effected in either his property, his liberty , or his person, but by the UNANIMOUS COXSENT...

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...jurist, " which secures both our persons and our properties, is the great end of civil society; and it is the most transcendent privilege which any subject...person, but by the unanimous consent of twelve of his neighbors and equals." This was written nearly a century ago, and is equally true now as then. The...