Edmund Burke: “If the bribery is not admitted on the evidence of Nundcomar, yet his…”

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If the bribery is not admitted on the evidence of Nundcomar, yet his suppressing it is a crime, a violation of the orders of the Court of Directors.

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Edmund Burke

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Burke asserts that suppressing evidence of bribery constitutes a serious crime, regardless of the evidence's admission.

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