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The point which I tried to present to the Senate, and which, I believe, was affirmed by a vote of the body, was simply this: that a man cannot sit as a judge in his own case.
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Sumner emphasizes the principle of impartiality in judicial proceedings, asserting that one cannot judge their own case.
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