86 I N C L O S U R E S. 5. 



mittee of the Houfe of Commons ; where 

 ever}^ Member is ajud^e, and has fufficicnt 

 time for deliberation ; whereas in a court of 

 aOizc all is hurry and confufion j with only 

 ewe man to think, and the mind of this one 

 man neceflarily crowded with achaos of ideas. 



It will however be faid, that a fpecial jury 

 of the county in which the iite of Inclcfurc 

 lies, are the fittefl to determine the rights of 

 the claimants. This in theory is plaufible ; 

 but is fcldcm veriftrd in practice. 



In the cafe of Pickering, only four of the 

 fpecial jury attended •, and one of thcfe was a 

 tradefman of the city of York. It is highly 

 probable, that not one of the jury refided 

 within twenty miles of the fite of Inclofurc ; 

 or had the fmallefl iliare of perfonal know- 

 ledge either of the fitc or the fubjedt of In- 

 clofurc. A jury impanncilcd in any other 

 county of the kingdom would have bccu 

 equally qualified for the purpofc. 



It was therefore a }fiere trial at law, which, 

 to a proverb, is a game at hazard ; and the 

 wifdom of Parliament, which has flionc forth 

 on many great occafions, lofes much of its 

 Uiflre when it refers matters of importance 



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