Such a violation of the law, in my opinion, in its essential nature, is a very much more heinous act than the ordinary common, vulgar crimes which come before criminal courts constantly for punishment and which arise from sudden passion or temptation.
He argues that certain violations of the law are more heinous than common crimes due to their premeditated nature in 1919.
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