Charles Sumner: “The military officer can enter into no judicial examination of the…”

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The military officer can enter into no judicial examination of the claim of one man to the bone and muscle of another as property.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner contends that military officers cannot adjudicate claims of ownership over individuals as property.

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