jury quotes

You have been acquitted bya Limerick jury, and you may now leave the dock without any other stain upon your character.

-Adams,Judge Richard
Quoted in Maurice Healy  The Old Munster Circuit.

   When you see a lawyer trying to pick a smart jury, you know he's got a strong case.

-Bailey, F(rancis) Lee
  In the Los  Angeles Times, 9  Jan.

The Press is the living Jury of the Nation.

-Bennett,James Gordon, Snr
  In the Courier and Enquirer, 6  Aug.

'I'll be judge, I'll be jury,'said cunning old Fury; 'I'll try the whole cause, and condemn you to death.'

-Dodgson
  Alice's  Adventures in Wonderland, ch.3, 'A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale', told by the Dormouse.

Trial by jury itself, instead of being a security to persons who are accused, will be a delusion, a mockery, and a snare.

-Denman,Thomas, 1st Baron
  Judgement in O'Connell v The Queen, 4 Sep.

Consider, Sir, how should you like, though conscious of your innocence, to be tried before a jury for a capital crime, once a week.

-Johnson, Samuel known as Dr Johnson
  Remark, 3  Apr. Quoted in  James Boswell  The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), vol.3.

A court is onlyas sound as its jury, and a jury is onlyas sound as the men who make it up.

-Lee, (Nelle) Harper
   Atticus Finch. To Kill  A Mockingbird, pt.2, ch.20.

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