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Behind these forty-one indictments for stealing stand drawn up, in battle array, against this same prisoner, seventy-four other indictments for transporting the very slaves whom he is charged to have stolen.
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Mann highlights the overwhelming number of charges against the accused, illustrating the legal battle's complexity.
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