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These, gentlemen, are the facts, and, as I believe, all the important facts pertaining to this case; and on these facts we claim that you must acquit the prisoner of the offence of larceny.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “These, gentlemen, are the facts, and, as I believe, all the important facts pertaining to this case; and on these facts…”
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Mann asserts the importance of the facts in a legal case, arguing for the acquittal of a prisoner based on those facts.
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