ntly directed at public wrongs, he did so in the context of a late eighteenth century justice system in which private prosecutions were common. See 4 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England: Book the Fourth 5-6 (1795). 78 See Jacoby, supra note 70, at 23 (concluding that after 1789 “for the first hal

ther there be sufficient cause to call upon the party to answer” the charge of criminal activity. Beavers v. Henkel, 194 U.S. 73, 84 (1904) (quoting William Blackstone, 4 Commentaries *303). The grand jury’s sole purpose is to inquire into whether there is probable cause to bring an individual before a tribunal to

her there be sufficient cause to call upon the party to answer" the charge of criminal activity. Beavers v. Henkel, 194 U.S. 73, 84 (1904) (quoting William Blackstone, 4 Commentaries *303). The grand jury's sole purpose is to inquire into whether there is probable cause to bring an individual before a tribunal to