Ten Years Among the Mail Bags: Or, Notes from the Diary of a Special Agent of the Post-office DepartmentH. Cowperthwait & Company, 1855 - 432 páginas |
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... prove a public benefit by increasing the safety of the United States mails , and fortifying those officially connected with the post - office and mail service , against the peculiar temptations incident to their position , thus ...
... prove a public benefit by increasing the safety of the United States mails , and fortifying those officially connected with the post - office and mail service , against the peculiar temptations incident to their position , thus ...
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... proved that in one instance a Special Agent relieved his pugnacious propensities by getting into a regular fight at the polls , and damaging one poll , by biting off an ear attached thereto ; the poll aforesaid being the property of a ...
... proved that in one instance a Special Agent relieved his pugnacious propensities by getting into a regular fight at the polls , and damaging one poll , by biting off an ear attached thereto ; the poll aforesaid being the property of a ...
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... prove so . " I was desirous of making him see that I was actuated in the course I had taken by no motive other than a wish to dis- charge my duty faithfully , and therefore left him for the time to consider what I had said , confident ...
... prove so . " I was desirous of making him see that I was actuated in the course I had taken by no motive other than a wish to dis- charge my duty faithfully , and therefore left him for the time to consider what I had said , confident ...
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... proved to be his rivals in trade , and their active friends , animated and impelled by that bitter competition of which I have already spoken . In addition to the causes to which I have alluded as espe- cially influential in country ...
... proved to be his rivals in trade , and their active friends , animated and impelled by that bitter competition of which I have already spoken . In addition to the causes to which I have alluded as espe- cially influential in country ...
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... prove his evil intentions . But the case , at this stage , was very far from being a clear one against him , and he yet had a chance , if he were an honest man , of coming out triumphant over the efforts of malice , and the wiles of his ...
... prove his evil intentions . But the case , at this stage , was very far from being a clear one against him , and he yet had a chance , if he were an honest man , of coming out triumphant over the efforts of malice , and the wiles of his ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
addressed afterwards appeared appointed arrest arrived ascertained baggage-master bank bank-notes bills Blake Boston Brooklyn called Carleton character charge circumstances clerk course crime Dead Letter Office decoy depredations direction dollars door driver duty evidence examination fact feel Fort Covington gentleman guilty hand Harrowfork honest honor horse Hubbardston innocent inquired investigation Joab John Harmon Jolliet knew landlord letter box look mail carrier Marshal ment miles mind molasses morning neighboring never night obtained occasion Ogdensburg once package paper party passed passengers person post master Post-Office Department present Quaker question railroad received remarked replied request returned rifled road robberies Robert Marshall route seemed sent soon Special Agent Squire supposed suspected suspicion taken thing thought tion took town truth turned village wafers wish York York post young
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Página 293 - I'll read, his for his love." XXXIII. Full many a glorious morning have I seen Flatter the mountain tops with sovereign eye, Kissing with golden face the meadows green, Gilding pale streams with heavenly alchemy; Anon permit the basest clouds to ride With ugly rack on his celestial face, And from the forlorn world his visage hide, Stealing unseen to west with this disgrace : Even so my sun one early morn did shine With...
Página 429 - ... shall have in his possession any such mail lock or key with the intent unlawfully or improperly to use, sell, or otherwise dispose of the same, or to cause the same to be unlawfully or improperly used, sold, or otherwise disposed of; or...
Página 351 - The defendant requested the Court to charge the jury as follows :— 1. That the...
Página 423 - ... of not less than one hundred dollars, nor exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not exceeding three months, or by both fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.
Página 420 - If any person shall, knowingly and wilfully, obstruct or retard the passage of the mail, or of any driver or carrier, or of any horse or carriage carrying the same, he shall, upon conviction, for every such offence, pay a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars...
Página 428 - ... be for the use of the informer, and the other half for the use of the State Board of Health.
Página 430 - Department; and any person who shall violate this provision shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not less than ten nor more than five hundred dollars.
Página 425 - And if any other person shall open any mail or packet of newspapers, or shall embezzle or destroy the same, not being directed to such person, or not being authorized to receive or open the same, such offender shall, on the conviction thereof, pay a sum not exceeding twenty dollars for every such offence.
Página 429 - ... shall be deemed guilty of felony, and on conviction thereof shall be confined in the State penitentiary for...
Página 423 - General, or any person in whom his powers are vested, in a conveyance of any mail, letter, packet, or newspaper, or pamphlet, or shall draw or break any staple, or loosen any part of any lock, chain, or strap, attached to, or belonging to any such valise, portmanteau or bag, with an intent...