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But how was it proved? In the first place, Therippides, his co-trustee,
testified that he had given him the money. Secondly, Demo, his uncle, and the
rest of the witnesses who were present, testified that he agreed to supply my
mother with maintenance, as being in possession of her portion. Against these
men he has lodged no charges, plainly because he knew that their testimony was
true. Besides this, my mother was ready to call to her side my sister and
myself, and swear with imprecations on our heads, if she spoke falsely, that
Aphobus had received her marriage-portion according to the terms of my father's
will.
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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