Why?
Folk-Moot .-- Still another common way for two boys to decide a question about which they differ is to "leave it to the boys," some of whom are knowing to the facts and others not.

Each of the disputants tells his story, subject to more or less interruption, and calls upon other boys to corroborate his statements.

The assembled company then decides the matter, "renders its verdict," and if necessary carries it into execution.

In this procedure the boys are re-enacting the scenes of the _Folk-moot_ or town meeting of our Saxon ancestors.
Boy-Courts .-- Let us look at this boy-court again to discover its principal elements.
In the first place, we see that _every_ boy in the crowd feels that he has a right to assist in arriving at the decision, that "the boys" collectively are to settle the matter.

In other words, that _the establishment of justice is a public trust._ So our Saxon forefathers used to come together in the Folk-moot and as a body decide differences between man and man.