Charles Sumner: “As in pleadings, so in evidence, the Law of Parliament, and not the…”

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As in pleadings, so in evidence, the Law of Parliament, and not the Common Law, is the guide of the Senate.

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Sumner asserts that the Senate should follow parliamentary law rather than common law in legal matters.

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Charles Sumner: “As in pleadings, so in evidence, the Law of Parliament, and not the Common Law, is the guide of the Senate.”