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“As far as I can judge, not much good can be done without disturbing something or somebody.”
“I fear the carnival of crime is beginning on our border.”
“I may err in judgment, but I hope not in intention.”
“The accumulation of personal wealth and the extension of commercial transactions have developed a great and lamentable increase in certain classes of crimes, while the improvements in transport have largely facilitated the escape of fugitive criminals.”