Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Record Series, Vol. 44: For the Year 1910, Three Yorkshire Assize Rolls for the Reigns of King John and King Henry III
On almost every page we can see the germs of trial by jury. But the jurors are not jurors in the modern sense they are but witnesses. They are men personally connected with the neighbourhood, summoned by a royal official to give upon oath a true answer to a certain question, whether of fact or, it may be, of law. They swear that they will not say anything false nor knowingly conceal the truth4; and, if they have no special knowledge of the case, others are chosen in their stead.5 The history of trial by jury must trace the transition from witness to juror, from a body of men who state facts within their knowledge to a body Of men who deliver a verdict after hearing evidence inside the court. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
