Provisions
I.2 proposed for 1870 • Trial by jury preserved.
REJECTED
The Text
The trial by jury in all cases in which it has heretofore been used shall remain inviolate forever ; except that in suits in justices’ courts provision may be made by law for trial by a jury of less than twelve men, but a jury trial may be waived by the parties in all civil cases.
A Few Facts
• Has 56 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1869
If New Yorkers voted to approve this provision, it would have:
• Joined the Constitution in 1870
• Been in Article I:
• Changed the text of a previously existing provision
• Amended or built on:
◦ 1847-I.2
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