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Juries 3. defects How different in this respect is the situat Upon what different ground in po this respect 11 2. by the of the law of public opinion — owing to the security & responsibility by which the Jurors conduct is How different the security for probity on the part of
stands the probity of the Juryman and that of the
In respect of In as far as depends on such
still more efficient permanent, elective, removeable and single Judge? The checks as are afforded by the law of public opinion
the comparison is still more to the disadvantage
of the Jury. this occasional sort of Judge. The Judge
so called the permanent and is presently single Judge Judge in case of misbehaviour
remains the conspicuous and standing mark of perfection general
indignation. The Juryman however culpable is screened from it
by every property which characterizes him. He
is but one of twelve, it is not known that the
act belongs to him more than to any one of the other
eleven, and if it were, the obscurity into which he
replunges the instant the mischief is done, hides
him from all notice. Guilt may thus succeed
every time any incessantly to guilt, and still there is no certain it has no author.
writer. This is not The case Far is otherwise is it far different
is the case with the man whose fixed and elevated
station exposes him to the eyes of all men
at all times. A single trip will is enough to render him suspicion suspected: another will may render him irrecoverably
odious. Under the regimen of publicity, Every every
word, every look, every gesture, of the Judge is
watched, and known, and commented upon: the
Juryman, wrapt up in silent obscurity, defies the
fangs of criticism. The Judge for every thing he does or

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Identifier: | JB/035/029/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 35.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	11-12
Box	035	Main Headings	constitutional code; evidence; procedure code
Folio number	029	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f5 / f6
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	l munn
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	benjamin constant
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	10622
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