A petition was circulated in 1819 seeking both trial by civilian jury and the establishment of representative government. This was one of the matters considered by Commissioner Bigge in his second report, who recommended against trial by a civilian jury. The House of Commons had narrowly defeated a proposal that civilian juries be introduced for criminal trials, prior to passing the Act which prescribed military juries for criminal trials before the Supreme Court.
A petition was circulated in 1819 seeking both trial by civilian jury and representative government, which was one of the issues examined by Commissioner Bigge in his second report. He opposed using a civilian jury, and the House of Commons had previously rejected a proposal to introduce civilian juries for criminal trials before passing an Act that required military juries for such cases in the Supreme Court.