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Advertising : 42 wordsThe advocates of the abolition of the, punishment of death commit the mistake described by lawyers as that of "proving too much." Their reasoning carried full out, would come to the conclusion that ...
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South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900), Sat 27 Feb 1847, Page 4
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