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To tamper with the witnesses of the adverse party, or endeavor to suborn his counsel to violate their duty to their client, is not only an act of the grossest baseness, but would subject the offender to penal retribution.
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Horace Mann
Free Soil · Massachusetts

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Mann condemns the unethical practice of tampering with witnesses and highlights the serious consequences for those who engage in such behavior.

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