Section II. Trial by jury preserved
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Trial by jury preserved
The trial by jury, in all cases in which it has been heretofore used, shall remain inviolate for ever, and no new court shall be instituted, but such as shall proceed according to the course of the common law; except such courts of equity, as the legislature is herein authorised to establish.
And this convention doth further ORDAIN, DETERMINE AND DECLARE, in the name and by the authority of the good people of this state, That trial by jury, in all cases in which it hath heretofore been used in the colony of New-York, shall be established, and remain inviolate for ever. And that no acts of attainder shall be passed by the legislature of this state, for crimes other than those committed before the termination of the present war; and that such acts shall not work a corruption of blood. And further, that the legislature of this state shall at no time hereafter, institute any new court or courts, but such as shall proceed according to the course of the common law.