we are determined, that no thief, burglar,incendiary or assassin shall escape punishment, either by the quibbles of the law, the insecurity of prisons, the carelessness or corruption of the police, or a laxity of those who pretend to administer justice.

— Committee of Vigilance charter, San Fran, May 1851  

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