Jurors
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jurors · jury · gentlemen · you · the jurors · Athenians · court · each of you · gentlemen of the jury · juries
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The First Tetralogy (Greek) · Against Lochites (Greek) · Against Leocrates (Greek)
And so you must hold the avenging of the dead a personal duty;
in the texts
An Essay on the Trial by Jury
The body of laymen who, throughout the passage, are argued to have functioned as the true judges of both law and fact in England's ancient courts.
* It is plain that the juries, in these courts, must, of necessity, have been the sole judges of all matters of law whatsoever;
It is perfectly evident that in all these courts the jurors were the judges, and determined all questions of law for themselves;
It is manifest from all the accounts we have of the courts in which juries sat, prior to Magna Carta, such as the court-baron, the hundred court, the court-leet, and the county court, that they were mere courts of conscience, and that the juries were the judges, deciding causes according to their own notions of equity, and not according to any laws of the king, unless they thought them just.
Against Ctesiphon
The citizens sitting in judgment over the indictment of Ctesiphon's decree.
And you are to be the judges of our pleas.
This is why the lawgiver placed first in the jurors’ oath these words, I will vote according to the laws.
and if I convict Ctesiphon of having made a motion that is illegal, false, and injurious to the state, annul the illegal motion, fellow citizens;
On the Mysteries
The citizen judges addressed by Andocides and bound by oath.
And you yourselves have taken solemn oaths as the jurors who are to decide my fate:
I believe that you will decide my case impartially and, far sooner than allow my enemies to defy justice by taking my life, will uphold justice by protecting me, as your laws and your oaths as jurors require you to do.
And what is your own oath as jurors, gentlemen?
The First Tetralogy
The panel of Athenian jurors directly addressed by both prosecution and defense throughout the tetralogy, repeatedly reminded that their verdict carries religious as well as legal consequences for the whole city.
And so you must hold the avenging of the dead a personal duty;
Respect these considerations, and satisfy heaven and justice by acquitting me.
Instead, I entreat you, gentlemen, you who are empowered to decide the most critical of issues;
Constitution of the Athenians
Athenian citizens over thirty who serve on juries, subject to detailed allotment and voting procedures.
the jurors .
There are five slots in each of the allotment-machines.
To those who fail in the allotment the inserters give back their tickets.
Against Lochites
The Athenian jury addressed directly throughout the speech and urged to convict and severely punish Lochites.
on the contrary, each one of you will cast his ballot as if he were judging his own case.
And so it is reasonable to expect you to punish with the greatest severity those who do wrong to you in respect to that which you prize most dearly.
and if in battle we should all be willing to die for our democratic form of government and yet, in our votes as judges, especially favor men of property.
Against Leocrates
The panel of Athenian citizens sitting in judgment, addressed directly as the ones who must cast the deciding votes.
Imagine then, Athenians, that the country and its trees are appealing to you, that the harbors, dockyards and walls of the city are begging you for protection, yes, and the temples and sanctuaries too.
It is now for each of you to reflect that the absolver of Leocrates condemns his country to death and slavery, that of the two caskets before you one stands for treason and the other for deliverance, that the votes cast into one are given for the destruction of your country and the rest for safety and prosperity in Athens.