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... Opinion of the Court . " Trial by jury , " in the primary and usual sense of the term at the com- mon law and in the American constitutions , is a trial by a jury of twelve men , in the presence and under the superintendence of a judge ...
... Opinion of the Court . " Trial by jury , " in the primary and usual sense of the term at the com- mon law and in the American constitutions , is a trial by a jury of twelve men , in the presence and under the superintendence of a judge ...
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... Opinion of the Court . instruct them on the law and to advise them on the facts , and ( except on acquittal of a criminal charge ) to set aside their verdict if in his opinion it is against the law or the evidence . This proposition has ...
... Opinion of the Court . instruct them on the law and to advise them on the facts , and ( except on acquittal of a criminal charge ) to set aside their verdict if in his opinion it is against the law or the evidence . This proposition has ...
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... Opinion of the Court . is implied , and that the conjunction of the two is the peculiar and valuable feature of the jury trial ; and , as a necessary in- ference , that a mere commission , though composed of twelve men , can never be ...
... Opinion of the Court . is implied , and that the conjunction of the two is the peculiar and valuable feature of the jury trial ; and , as a necessary in- ference , that a mere commission , though composed of twelve men , can never be ...
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... Opinion of the Court . direction and superintendence was an essential part of the trial . " " At the time of the adoption of the Constitution , it was a part of the system of trial by jury in civil cases that the court might , in its ...
... Opinion of the Court . direction and superintendence was an essential part of the trial . " " At the time of the adoption of the Constitution , it was a part of the system of trial by jury in civil cases that the court might , in its ...
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... Opinion of the Court . of them in the reports of Chief Justice Cranch , to have pro- ceeded upon the assumption that the trial before a justice of the peace , by a jury empanelled pursuant to the act of 1823 , was a trial by jury within ...
... Opinion of the Court . of them in the reports of Chief Justice Cranch , to have pro- ceeded upon the assumption that the trial before a justice of the peace , by a jury empanelled pursuant to the act of 1823 , was a trial by jury within ...
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Page 505 - that the laws of the several states, except where the Constitution, treaties or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States in cases where they apply.
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