Charles Sumner: “Not bodily infirmity or old age could exempt a litigant from the…”

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Not bodily infirmity or old age could exempt a litigant from the hazard of the Battle, even to determine differences of the most trivial import.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner points out that even the elderly were not exempt from the dangers of trial by battle, emphasizing its brutality.

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