Charles Sumner: “That they did not, in such a case, strike for greater gains proves…”

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That they did not, in such a case, strike for greater gains proves that they did not, with guilty or fraudulent intent, strike at all.

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Massachusetts

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He concludes that the lack of a greater financial motive indicates no guilty intent from the contractors.

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Charles Sumner: “That they did not, in such a case, strike for greater gains proves that they did not, with guilty or fraudulent intent…”