John Bannister Gibson (November 8, 1780-May 3, 1853) was a jurist and the Chief Justice of Pennsylvania and jurist. He stated:
<Give Christianity a common law trial; submit the evidence pro and con to an impartial jury under the direction of a competent court, and the verdict will assuredly be in its favor.> 1780JB001
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Endnotes:
1780JB001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). John Bannister Gibson, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania. Tryon Edwards, D.D., The New Dictionary of Thoughts-A Cyclopedia of Quotations (Garden City, NY: Hanover House, 1852; revised and enlarged by C.H. Catrevas, Ralph Emerson Browns and Jonathan Edwards [descendent, along with Tryon, of Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758), president of Princeton], 1891; The Standard Book Company, 1955, 1963), p. 90.