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STATE'S EVIDENCE.
(Suggested by Recent New York Events.)
What troubles arise betwixt brother and brother,When rascals fall out, and go shooting each other!
What worry and grief it is certain to make,
When gamblers find out that their lives are the stake!
When men “higher up” the sad mourners must join,
As well as the victims who furnished the coin!
Then they who of dreariest facts have possession,
Procure them some sackcloth, and run to confession;
And each learns and studies the great task betimes,
The art of confessing another man's crimes.
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