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However, it is incumbent on me, I suppose, first, to
satisfy you that the allegation, if he makes it, will be false, and secondly, to
show you what is an honest defence. Now it is an honest and straightforward
defence to prove either that the acts alleged were never committed, or that, if
committed, they were for the advantage of the state. But he cannot make good
either of these positions.
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