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Does not every one see that, in ninety-nine cases in a hundred, a control over the defendant’s person and will would be a control over his case?
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “Does not every one see that, in ninety-nine cases in a hundred, a control over the defendant’s person and will would be…”
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Mann asserts that controlling a person's physical presence equates to controlling the outcome of their legal case, emphasizing the injustice of such power dynamics.
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