Trial by jury is a wise distribution of power which exceeds all other modes of trial.
Success in crime always invites to worse deeds
And the law, that is the perfection of reason, cannot suffer anything that is inconvenient.
No man can be a compleat Lawyer by universalitie of knowledge without experience in particular cases, nor by bare experience without universalitie of knowledge; he must be both speculative & active, for the science of the laws, I assure you, must joyne hands with experience.
One threatens the innocent who spares the guilty.
Let us now peruse our ancient authors, for out of the old fields must come the new corn.