[16]
“Yes,” said another of the bystanders, “and that
this fellow has co-operated with Hegestratus in the whole matter, I will give
you a proof. For before the attempt was made to cut through the ship's bottom,
this man and Hegestratus deposited with one of the ship's company a written
agreement. Yet, if you had confidence in him when you gave the money, why should
you have sought some security for yourself before the crime? But if you
distrusted him, why did you not, like the others, get a legal acknowledgement
before sailing?”
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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