History of Trial by Jury. (Second edition). Originally published: Jersey City: Frederick D. Linn, [1875]. x, 388 pp. Reprinted 1996, 2012 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. Paperback. New. First published in England in 1852, Forsyth"s History of Trial by Jury is the first full-scale historical account of the rise and growth of the jury system in England. Highly regarded, this book went through 37 editions. The first American edition, the source of this reprint, adds a number of notes and corrections to American references in previous editions. An excellent summary of the opinions of leading legal writers as well as conventional historians regarding the original of trial by jury was set forth by an Englishman, William Forsyth, in his excellent book entitled History of Trial by Jury. (. . . ) Various writers, according to Forsyth, attribute the origin of the English jury to a recognition of the principle that no man ought to be condemned except by the voice of his fellow...