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This is expressly stated, men of the jury.
But what have these men done? Disregarding the terms of the agreement they
borrow money from a certain youth, whom they deceived by stating that they owed
nothing to anybody. Thus they cheated us, and without our knowledge borrowed
money upon our security, and they also deceived that young man who lent them the
money by alleging that the goods upon which they borrowed from him were
unencumbered. Such are the rascalities of these men, and they are all clever
devisings of this man Lacritus.To prove that I am
speaking the truth and that they did borrow additional sums contrary to the
agreement, the clerk shall read you the deposition of the man himself who made
the additional loan.
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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