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For two years
he conducted the business of the factory and paid to Therippides the hire of the
slaves, but to me, though he took the profits for two years, amounting to thirty
minae, he has turned over neither that sum nor the interest upon it.Take and read the next.“
Deposition
”These slaves the defendant took to
himself, together with all the other things given to us as surety with them. He
has reckoned up so heavy an outlay for their maintenance, but absolutely nothing
as profit from them; and the men themselves he has made to vanish, though they
brought in a clear profit of twelve minae each year.Read the next.“
Deposition
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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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