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<p>from a person neutral <add>uninterested</add> and still more experienced, <lb/>shall not be at liberty to suppose<lb/> themselves to understand the law, <del>where they</del> <lb/>when they <del>avow and declare</del> <add>are satisfied and avow</add> that they understand<lb/> it? </p> | <p>from a person neutral <add>uninterested</add> and still more experienced, <lb/>shall not be at liberty to suppose<lb/> themselves to understand the law, <del>where they</del> <lb/>when they <del>avow and declare</del> <add>are satisfied and avow</add> that they understand<lb/> it? </p> | ||
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<head>Procedure. LawxFact — Jury |BR|2| | Judges of Law.</head> | |||
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<p><del>Does <gap/> decide</del> <lb/> Is it in this matter alone that their decision <lb/>touched their consciences Is it in this alone <lb/>that there is peril? Does no decision touch<lb/> the conscience of a Judge? Is there for him no <lb/>peril? <lb/> <note>one knows not precisely what is meant by peril; but mean it what it will</note> </p> | |||
<p>The Law of Libels as it stands at present, is <lb/>a great grievance: but the putting the matter<lb/> of Law into the hands of Juries is not <lb/> the proper remedy.</p> | |||
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<p>That Juries owe, that is may be when <lb/>they please Judges of Law.</p> | |||
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<p>That they ought not to be.</p> | |||
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from a person neutral uninterested and still more experienced,
shall not be at liberty to suppose
themselves to understand the law, where they
when they avow and declare are satisfied and avow that they understand
it?
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Procedure. LawxFact — Jury |BR|2| | Judges of Law.
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Does decide
Is it in this matter alone that their decision
touched their consciences Is it in this alone
that there is peril? Does no decision touch
the conscience of a Judge? Is there for him no
peril?
one knows not precisely what is meant by peril; but mean it what it will
The Law of Libels as it stands at present, is
a great grievance: but the putting the matter
of Law into the hands of Juries is not
the proper remedy.
1
That Juries owe, that is may be when
they please Judges of Law.
2
That they ought not to be.
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