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Feb 7 1809

The other is — "the rule which (says he) requires that
juries be unanimous in their verdicts. . To expect (
he) that treated men, taken by lot out of a promiscuous
multitude should agree in their opinion he should have
said should ever partly agree in their opinion upon points
confessedly dubious, and upon which oftentimes the wisest
judgments might be held in suspense; or to suppose that
any real unanimity, or change of opinion in the dissenting
jurist, could be procured by confusing them until
they all consented to the same verdict; bespeaks more of
the consent of a barbarous age, than of the policy which
could dictate (say rather which ought to have directed)
such an institution as that of juries. They

Thus far the Reverent Doctor: the a supposition To
suppose that any real unanimity or change of opinion
could be thus preserved — a viz. preserved by confining
men (until they all professed to consent join in <add>concurr</add> into the same
opinion) by keeping men in a state of confinement
would indeed be a if really entertained, be a most
wild and extravagant opinion: supposition supposition not to
be instated but by that which affect that utter
peace, peace or security are capable of being
promoted by taking picking out such questions topicks as
attract the most vehement dissentions and controversies
have been observed and forcing men to declare express by in
imperishable characters their in a long
string of opinions on these subjects on pain of forfeiting
their expectation of all chance of the great object of their lives.

Identifier: | JB/035/298/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 35.
Date_1	1809-02-13	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	035	Main Headings	constitutional code; evidence; procedure code
Folio number	298	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c7 / c2
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	th 1806
Marginals		Paper Producer	andre morellet
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1806
Notes public		ID Number	10891
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