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The First Witness. (Before the Standing Committee on the Larceny Act (1861) Amendment (Use of Firearms) Bill.) Bill Sykes (injured innocent). "'Cat' be blow'd!" (Pause.) "'P-o-on my word!—Do they want to make a brute o' me?"
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