Charles Sumner: “God grant, that, in the administration of justice, a citizen arraigned…”

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God grant, that, in the administration of justice, a citizen arraigned for his life may always be presumed innocent till he is proved guilty!

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Massachusetts

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Sumner expresses a hope that justice will always presume innocence until proven guilty.

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Charles Sumner: “God grant, that, in the administration of justice, a citizen arraigned for his life may always be presumed innocent till…”