Charles Sumner: “I have no hesitation in saying that no other conclusion is possible…”

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I have no hesitation in saying that no other conclusion is possible without violence to the statute.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner expresses his firm belief that the only logical conclusion aligns with the statute's intent.

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Charles Sumner: “I have no hesitation in saying that no other conclusion is possible without violence to the statute.”