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This proof may be procured against the alleged fugitive without any notice to him, actual or constructive; without the possibility of his encountering it, or disproving it, however false it may be.
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Mann points out the severe injustice of allowing evidence to be presented against an alleged fugitive without their knowledge or ability to contest it.
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Better be debarred from the privilege of voting at all, than to be mocked with the form, while cheated of the substance.
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