There appears to be no adequate authority for the idea that trial by jury was practised; the prevailing characteristic of justice was the system of penalty by fine, and the responsibility of the Tithing for the misdeeds of any of its members.
"The World's Greatest Books, Vol XI."
Edited by Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton
Parochial officers come to him; overseer, rate-collector, church warden, Tithing-man.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
The Tithing man still arrested the Sabbath-breakers, and shut them up in the town cage in the market-place; he stopped all unnecessary riding or driving on Sunday, and haled people off to the meeting-house whether they would or no.
"A Grammar of Freethought"
Chapman Cohen