That charge [stealing over 200 horses] has never been proved against me, and it is held in English law that a man is innocent until proven guilty. (Ned Kelly)

That charge [stealing over 200 horses] has never been proved against me, and it is held in English law that a man is innocent until proven guilty.

Ned Kelly

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