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He
postponed appointing judges in all suits, and fixed the first day for appointing
them that he legally could after the thirty days claimed by Heraclius in his action
had elapsed. When the day arrived, he began to pretend that he was desirous to
appoint the judges. Heraclius comes with his advocates, and claims to be allowed to
have the cause between him and the men of the palaestra, that is to say, with the
Syracusan people, tried by strict law. His adversaries demand that judges be
appointed to decide on that matter of those cities which were in the habit of
frequenting the Syracusan courts. Judges were appointed, whomsoever Verres chose.
Heraclius demanded, on the other hand, that judges should be appointed according to
the provisions of the Rupilian law; and that no departure should be made from the
established usage of their ancestors, from the authority of the senate, and from the
rights of all the Sicilians.
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