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The evidence in this case hinges around -- and the decision hinges around a determination of "knowingly."
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It was an error in law, because its effect was to deny any force whatever to the most important word which the statute uses in defining the offense -- the word "knowingly."
An Account of the Proceedings on the Trial of Susan B. Anthony, on the Charge of Illegal Voting Anonymous
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This is necessary upon the general principles of the law, in order to show an offense, even though the statute does not contain the word "knowingly."
History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Matilda Joslyn Gage 1862
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It was an error in law, because its effect was to deny any force whatever to the most important word which the statute uses in defining the offense -- the word "knowingly."
History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Matilda Joslyn Gage 1862
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_This is necessary upon the general principles of the law_, in order to show an offence, even though the statute does not contain the word 'knowingly.'"
An Account of the Proceedings on the Trial of Susan B. Anthony, on the Charge of Illegal Voting Anonymous
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