Gentlemen,  the  public  prosecutor  has  said,
that  I  attempted,  both  in  doors  and  out,  to
«hake  the  confidence  of  the  people,  with  re^
^rdtoajuiy;  and  he  afterwards,  with  truth
^lidded,  that  a  jury  was  the  brightest  priyileee
of  Enelishmen. — So  it  is,  where  a  jury  is
faithful  to  Hs  trust,  it  is  the  greatest  privitegie
the  British  constitution  knows  of;  beoaase,
^Aa^lhe  juiy>  when  you  ftreiiottest,


you  aland  oot  between  the  la#  and  tttf[ac-
cused,  but  between  tl»ae  in  pefwer  aoo  the
accused ;— you  see  the  due  execatiou  of  the
laws  ^— you  aland  between  the  accuser  and  ifae
man  who  u  perhaps  weaker  than  the  aocumr,
either  in  toi^iie  or  in  knowled^ ;  and  aa  he
has  thought  proper  to  avail  famiself  of  that
superiority  and  to  cany  it  forth,  I  wiHa»-
doubtedly  yield  to  him  wiA  regard  to  taleata
and  eloquence,  but  for  the  ammdness  of  my
doctrine  I  will  not  yidd  to  him.-— GentleiMay
I  never  attempted  to  prepidioe  the  people
against  a  jury.  I  ever  wilThft  up  my  voice
against  any  act  of  inkiuity,  in  impamieliinf  a
jury, — ^against  every  act  otimquity,  in  trymg
to  miaieaid  a  jury,  or  in  tiying  to  infleence  a
jury ;  even  if  the  man  on  the  bench  tries  to
influence  a  jury,  I  sbail  stop  him,  I  ibatt
withhokl  him,  and  tell  him,  it  is  not  his
duty,  though  he  siu  there  as  judge,  and  t
stand  here  as  a  criminal ;  it  is  my  nsht  as  a
Briton,  to  keea  him  within  the  bsnmda  of  his
duty,  to  keep  nim  cfosc  to  the  execution  of  the
laws,  if  he  attempts  to  depart  from  them  m
any  one  instance.
