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<p>When was it that the passion for Juries took<lb/> its rise? At the time when Judges were not only<lb/> the creations of the Crown, as now, but the absolute<lb/> slaves of the Crown, being <sic>removeable</sic> at pleasure. Reasons grow fainter and fainter, <add>weaker or die</add> <add>dwindle</add> or vanish altogether:<lb/> but the popular affections that were grounded in them<lb/> take root in habit and prejudice and live for ever.<lb/> Every thing done <del>to</del> in aid of the probity of Judges <lb/> has been a deduction <add>so much <unclear>discussd</unclear>struck off </add> from the relative utility of <lb/> | <p>When was it that the passion for Juries took<lb/> its rise? At the time when Judges were not only<lb/> the creations of the Crown, as now, but the absolute<lb/> slaves of the Crown, being <sic>removeable</sic> at pleasure. Reasons grow fainter and fainter, <add>weaker or die</add> <add>dwindle</add> or vanish altogether:<lb/> but the popular affections that were grounded in them<lb/> take root in habit and prejudice and live for ever.<lb/> Every thing done <del>to</del> in aid of the probity of Judges <lb/> has been a deduction <add>so much <unclear>discussd</unclear>struck off </add> from the relative utility of <lb/>Juries. William 3<hi rend='superscript'>rd</hi> made them independent of <lb/> the King on the throne: George the 3<hi rend='superscript'>rd</hi> made them<lb/> independent of the Heir apparent. What William <lb/> or what George will change this nominal independence <lb/> which <del>if</del> were it real, would but be <lb/> another name for despotism, | ||
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Juries
When was it that the passion for Juries took
its rise? At the time when Judges were not only
the creations of the Crown, as now, but the absolute
slaves of the Crown, being removeable at pleasure. Reasons grow fainter and fainter, weaker or die dwindle or vanish altogether:
but the popular affections that were grounded in them
take root in habit and prejudice and live for ever.
Every thing done to in aid of the probity of Judges
has been a deduction so much discussdstruck off from the relative utility of
Juries. William 3rd made them independent of
the King on the throne: George the 3rd made them
independent of the Heir apparent. What William
or what George will change this nominal independence
which if were it real, would but be
another name for despotism,
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jeremy bentham |
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