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On the recordFebruary 18, 1895
It seems to me that the provisions of this bill amount to a legislative reversal of the judgment of a regularly constituted court and a legislative pardon of the offense of which this soldier was convicted.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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