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[47]
I, for my part, hold that the proof should be drawn
from the very course of procedure to which the fellow at that time fled for
refuge, that is, from the examination of the woman by the torture, to determine
which party struck the first blow; for this is what constitutes assault. And it
is for this reason that I am suing the witnesses for false testimony, because
they deposed that Theophemus was willing to deliver up the woman, whereas he
never would produce her in person either at that time before the arbitrator or
subsequently, despite my repeated demands.
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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