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The one who I
thought would give me trouble, Demochares of Paeania, was indeed disagreeable
before he was brought into court, but after he had been tried and convicted he
returned the part of the ship's equipment that was due from him. But the one
whom I should never have expected to go to such an extreme of rascality that he
would ever dare to rob the state of the equipment, has gone ahead with all these
troublesome lawsuits. He was present in the court-room when the suit was brought
in, but never made any defence, nor did he give in the name of anyone for an
adjudication,1 as he should have done, if he
claims that someone else has the equipment and that it was not his duty to give
it back; but he suffered the verdict to be given against him;
1 The διαδικασία was a procedure for the adjudication of the claims or responsibilities of various contestants. The technical modern term is “interpleader.”
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