...the common citizenry is not a fundamental right.12 As Blackstone wrote in his Commentaries: ". . . the trial by jury ever has been, and I trust ever...be heightened when it is applied to criminal cases! ... [I]t is the most transcendent privilege which any subject can enjoy, or wish for, that he cannot...

...from the common citizenry is not a fundamental right.12 As Blackstone wrote in his Commentaries: "... the trial by jury ever has been, and I trust ever...be heightened when it is applied to criminal cases! ... [I]t is the most transcendent privilege which any subject can enjoy, or wish for, that he cannot...

...this institution, says: '•The trial by jury has ever been, and, I trust ever will be, looked up MI as the glory of the English law. And if it has so great an advantage over oth ers in regulating civil property, how much must that advantage be lightened when "it [*143 is applied...

...the common citizenry are not fundamental rights.12 As Blackstone wrote in his Commentaries: ". . . the trial by jury ever has been, and I trust ever will be, looked upon as the glory of the English 9 1 Stat. 113-114. With slight modifications this provision is now 18 USC § 3238. 10 See, eg, Balzac...

...the common citizenry are not fundamental rights.12 As Blackstone wrote in his Commentaries: ". . . the trial by jury ever has been, and I trust ever will be, looked upon as the glory of the English 91 Stat. 113-114. With slight modifications this provision is now 18 USC § 3238. 10 See, eg, Balzac...

...countries, a privilege of the highest and most beneficial nature. 54 ". . . Trial by jury has ever been, and I trust ever will be, looked upon as the glory of the English law .... It is the most transcendent privilege which any subject can enjoy ... [It has] secured the just...

...Laws of England, in discussing trials by jury, in book 3, p. 379 (Cooley's Blackstone, p. 1139), said: "Upon these accounts, the trial by jury ever has been,...as the glory of the English law. And if it has so erent an advantage over others in regulating civil property, how much must thnt advantage be heightened...

...Diplock Courts (1986, The Cobden Trust) Blackstone defended the jury system in the following terms: Tria! by jury ever has been, and I trust ever will be, looked upon as the glory of English law ... the liberties of England cannot but subsist so long as this palladium of liberty remains...

...depends on the preservation of the rights of all. "The trial by jury ever has been," says Blackstone, "and I trust ever will be, looked upon as the glory of the English law. ... It is the most transcendent privilege that any subject can enjoy, or wish for, that he cannot be...

...of the jury system that has evolved to be a hallmark of our legal system. As Blackstone commented, "trial by jury ever has been, and I trust ever will be, looked upon as the glory of English law" (Blackstone, 1765, Vol. 1, p. 379). Despite such affirmations and various constitutional...