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There is scarcely a crime before me that is not directly or indirectly caused by strong drink.

John Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge

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John Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge
Age: 73 †
Born: 1820
Born: December 3
Died: 1894
Died: June 14
Judge
Lawyer
Politician
Ottery St Mary
Devon
John Duke Coleridge
J. D. Coleridge
Sir J. D. Coleridge
Sir John Duke Coleridge
Baron Coleridge
Directly
Crime
Drink
Strong
Indirectly
Drunkenness
Scarcely
Caused

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