HISTORY

OF

TRIAL BY JURY.

Cambridge:

Printed at the University Press.

OF

TRIAL BY JURY.

BY

WILLIAM FORSYTH, M. A.,

LATE FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, AND
AUTHOR OF HORTENSIUS.

Jura certe paria debent esse eorum inter se, qui sunt cives in eadem republica.

CICERO.

C'est donc le jury civil qui a réellement sauvé les libertés de l'Angleterre.
DE TOCQUEVILLE.

ΤΟ

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR JAMES PARKE,

ONE OF THE BARONS OF HER MAJESTY'S COURT OF EXCHEQUER,
&c. &c. &c.

IN ADMIRATION OF

HIS PROFOUND LEGAL KNOWLEDGE

AND

EMINENT JUDICIAL QUALITIES,

THIS WORK

IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED

BY

THE AUTHOR.