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Page 148
The next charge in this article is for receiving illegal fees for services performed . I
contend that this also is substantially defective , in not setting out what sum in
certain , the defendant has received as illegal fees . It is material to his defence ...
The next charge in this article is for receiving illegal fees for services performed . I
contend that this also is substantially defective , in not setting out what sum in
certain , the defendant has received as illegal fees . It is material to his defence ...
Page 150
It seems to us , sir , that all these charges for receiving illegal fees , without setting
out , in particular , what service was ... and there being no allegation that the sum
received was an unreasonable compensation for the services performed .
It seems to us , sir , that all these charges for receiving illegal fees , without setting
out , in particular , what service was ... and there being no allegation that the sum
received was an unreasonable compensation for the services performed .
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Not being , however , a part of the legal money of the country , it could not , by law
, be received in the payment of duties , taxes or other debts to government . But
being payable , and hitherto , regularly paid , on demand , the collectors and ...
Not being , however , a part of the legal money of the country , it could not , by law
, be received in the payment of duties , taxes or other debts to government . But
being payable , and hitherto , regularly paid , on demand , the collectors and ...
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Discourse delivered at Plymouth in Commemoration of the first Settlement | 25 |
DISCOURSE in Commemoration of the Lives and Services of John Adams | 71 |
Speech delivered at a Meeting of Citizens of Boston held in Faneuil Hall | 97 |
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