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You know of course that of the judges who sit in this court none has the name
of Judge, but each has some name of his own. Therefore if a man is guilty of
assault or slander against anyone of them in his private capacity, he will stand
his trial on an indictment for assault or in a suit for slander; but if he
assails him as judge, he will incur total disfranchisement. Why so? Because at
once by the mere act he is outraging your laws, your public crown of office, and
the name that belongs to the State, for Judge is not a private name but a
state-title.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1939.
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