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For
instance, suppose that one of those decrees which have in fact been disallowed
had never been impeached in this Court. It would certainly have been operative;
nevertheless it would have been moved contrary to law. Or suppose that a decree,
being impeached, was pronounced flawless, because the prosecutors, either
collusively or through incompetence, had failed to make good their case: that
failure does not make it legal. Then the jurors do not give conscientious
verdicts? Yes, they do; I will explain how. They are sworn to decide to the best
of an honest judgement; but the view that commends itself to their judgement is
guided by the speeches to which they listen, and, inasmuch as they cast their
votes in accordance with that view, they are true to their oath.
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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