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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08381.21 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Lawerence County, Alabama Type: Autograph note Date: Circa 1858-1859 Pagination: 1 p. : 6.3 x 19 cm. Order a Copy

A note about a weaapon which states " that the weapon must be so used as to produce the effect legally attributited to it's use, else the jury can not infer that it was used with the intent legally attributed to its use"

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