Scanner's Note: I have made two changes in this text. First I have
removed the footnotes to the end of each chapter and I have placed note 9 at the end of chapter 6 noting that because of the ratification of the XIX amendment to the Constitution for the United States, August 20, 1920, women were fully enfranchised with all rights of voting and jury service in all states of the Union. Other than the lack of italics and bold in this text and the typos (may they be few) this is the complete first edition text. Let me know of any mistakes you have caught! My email address's for now is haradda@aol.com and davidr@inconnect.com.
David Reed
An Essay on the Trial By Jury
By LYSANDER SPOONER
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1852, by
LYSANDER SPOONER
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.
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