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In addition to these we have the fictitious
cases of the schools which deal with crimes not covered
by the law, where the question is as a rule either
whether the crime is really not covered by the law
or whether it is a crime, though on rare occasions
both questions are raised. Cases of misconduct on
the part of an ambassador are of frequent occurrence
among the Greeks, even in actual life: in these the
legal question is raised whether it is lawful to deviate
at all from one's instructions and for how long the
accused was technically an ambassador, since in some
cases the ambassador's duty is to convey a communication to a foreign power and in others to bring one
back. Take for example the case of Heius, who gave
evidence against Verres after performing his duties
as ambassador. But in such cases the most important
question turns on the nature of the deed complained
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