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Nov. 07b James A. Wickersham diary, 1906.

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Collection Name	Wickersham State Historic Site. Manuscripts, 1884-1970s.
Identifier	ASL-MS0107-Diary11-1906-November07b
Title	Nov. 07b James A. Wickersham diary, 1906.
Creator	Wickersham, James, 1857-1939
Contributors	Slemmons, Mary Anne [Transcriber]
Type	Text
Ordering & Use	http://library.state.ak.us/vilda_rights.html
Holding Institution	Alaska State Library, Historical Collections, PO Box 110571, Juneau AK 99811-0571 mailto:asl@eed.state.ak.us
Transcript	that hereafter in such case I would state whether the person claiming such discovery was lying or not - I will, too, in plain English, for I hope by that means to stop much of the perjury that is prevalent in such cases. It is too strong a temptation for most miners, when by just a little safe and gentlemanly perjury by saying that when they staked they also - when alone - panned along the muck bank and found colors of gold - and thus win a case where thousands of dollars - and even greater sums are involved. If I should weakly yield to what is claimed to be the decision in Lange v Robinson, it would substitute perjury for discovery. Tried case of McDougall v Newlands & Olsen today - a case
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