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Believe, then, that it is fitting now for me to exact
the penalty which each one of you would claim; and in the interest of the laws
and of the oaths which you have taken as jurors punish the man who has robbed me
of a verdict by giving false testimony, and make him an example to others,
remembering all that you have heard from me and bearing it in mind, if they
attempt to mislead you, and meeting them at every point. If they deny that they
have borne witness to all the facts, ask them these questions, “What
stands written in the deposition? Why did you not strike it out at the time?
What is the counter-plea in the custody of the archons?”
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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