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experts in tlie fairs at buying and selling made excellent jury- 

 men in the Courts of Pyepowder. The forest freeholders who 

 looked after the game were equally calculated to understand 

 the judicial business of a Swainmote, the jury of presentment 

 in Court Leet knew every character in the district intimately, 

 and the suitors of the Court Baron were masters in all the in- 

 tricacies of feudal tenure. In this respect, then, our modern 

 tribunals are at a distinct disadvantage, which a greater pre- 

 disposition to impartiality alone can compensate. 



