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the government's entire case against Mary Surratt
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rests on three acts...
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one, her acquaintance with Booth,
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two, her alleged instructions to Lloyd,
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and, three, her nonrecognition of Payne.
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It is these three acts that constitute the sum total
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of Mary Surratt's part
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in this traitorous and murderous conspiracy.
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By themselves, they constitute no crime.
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Any one of you or I might have done the same,
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but the government insists she did them with evil intent,
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largely based on the testimony of two men,