The American Journal of Legal History, Volume 5Temple University School of Law, 1961 - Electronic journals |
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... jury is less likely to ensure justice than trial by jury . However , I have noticed in my researches Star Chamber's striving to assure itself of the proof of the case against the defendant in that overwhelming majority of prosecutions ...
... jury is less likely to ensure justice than trial by jury . However , I have noticed in my researches Star Chamber's striving to assure itself of the proof of the case against the defendant in that overwhelming majority of prosecutions ...
Page 125
... jury on both the evidence presented and the law to be applied . None of the charges has been preserved , but it is very likely that at least Judge Sargent instructed the jurors on the meaning and intent of the " free and equal clause ...
... jury on both the evidence presented and the law to be applied . None of the charges has been preserved , but it is very likely that at least Judge Sargent instructed the jurors on the meaning and intent of the " free and equal clause ...
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... jury system and the distrust of a judge sitting alone as the trier of the facts as was done in the admiralty courts . Attempts were made during the colonial period by local legislatures to establish a jury system in the admiralty courts ...
... jury system and the distrust of a judge sitting alone as the trier of the facts as was done in the admiralty courts . Attempts were made during the colonial period by local legislatures to establish a jury system in the admiralty courts ...
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