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... night's occurrence . The fact is , Sir , that New York was burnt down by incendiaries . The authorities wished to cloak this , but it is a well - known fact . The Committee of Investiga- tion , as to the cause of the fire , attribute it ...
... night's occurrence . The fact is , Sir , that New York was burnt down by incendiaries . The authorities wished to cloak this , but it is a well - known fact . The Committee of Investiga- tion , as to the cause of the fire , attribute it ...
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... night within the walls , intoxication , habitual intercourse with lewd and depraved persons . 5. A frequent and illegal practice in the treatment of convicts by the warden . The following is the testimony taken before the Committee of ...
... night within the walls , intoxication , habitual intercourse with lewd and depraved persons . 5. A frequent and illegal practice in the treatment of convicts by the warden . The following is the testimony taken before the Committee of ...
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... night , two hours at least after they went in . - I told Mr. Wood ; I said to him , I know no way of stopping such carryings on , but to discharge them . He said he had a way of doing business himself , and he would stop it himself ...
... night , two hours at least after they went in . - I told Mr. Wood ; I said to him , I know no way of stopping such carryings on , but to discharge them . He said he had a way of doing business himself , and he would stop it himself ...
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... night ; they were alone ; they were standing talk- ing together ; they remained there for twenty minutes or half an hour ; no lamps were near where they were ; I left them there when I went to a prisoner's knock ; I have seen them ...
... night ; they were alone ; they were standing talk- ing together ; they remained there for twenty minutes or half an hour ; no lamps were near where they were ; I left them there when I went to a prisoner's knock ; I have seen them ...
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... night he was so much affected that he became a confirmed maniac , from which situation he never recovered . " Mr. Roscoe , of England , speaking of this system says , " It is the most inhuman and unnatural system that the cruelty of a ...
... night he was so much affected that he became a confirmed maniac , from which situation he never recovered . " Mr. Roscoe , of England , speaking of this system says , " It is the most inhuman and unnatural system that the cruelty of a ...
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