Gentlemen of the Grand Jury,
Sworn in and addressing you on your being sworn in, my remarks shall be as few and brief as possible. We are assembled here today to assist in the discharge of the most important duties that can devolve on us as men and as members of society. Those duties are administering justice to our fellow subjects and upholding the laws of our country and the dignity and honor of our gracious Sovereign.
In the wholly unprecedented position in which I am situated, it would be equally useless and preposterous for me to attempt to enlarge on the functions you have to perform.
I am not aware that the cases which will...
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