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<hi rend="smallCaps">MESSRS. GRAIN</hi>
<hi rend="italic">and</hi>
<hi rend="smallCaps">E. BEARD</hi>
<hi rend="italic">Prosecuted</hi>;
<hi rend="smallCaps">MR. KISCH</hi>
<hi rend="italic">Defended.</hi> </p>
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<hi rend="italic">The letter demanded money in consequence of alleged acts of indecency on the part of the prosecutor.</hi> </p>
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