The president has undertaken to prejudice my client by declaring, that 'of his guilt there can be no doubt.' He has assumed to himself the knowledge of the Supreme Being himself, and pretended to search the heart of my highly respected friend.
Beveridge criticizes the president for prejudging a defendant's guilt in a legal case.
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