[15]
Now, men of the
jury, if the Halimusians had been deciding on that day the status of all the
members of the deme, it would have been reasonable for them to continue voting
until late, in order that they might have fulfilled the requirements of your
decree before departing to their homes. But, seeing that there were more than
twenty of the demesmen left regarding whom they had to vote on the following
day, and that the members of the deme had in any case to be convened again, what
difficulty was there for Eubulides to order an adjournment until the morrow, and
then let the demesmen vote upon my case first?
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by Norman W. DeWitt, Ph.D., and Norman J. DeWitt, Ph.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1949.
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