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Well, he will
presently say that the criminal information has been lodged against him for this
purpose, that he may not proceed with the indictment which he preferred against
Demosthenes or with that against Thucydides; for he is a clever fellow at lying
and at saying what lacks all foundation. I have looked into this matter also,
men of the jury, and will show you that the state suffers not the slightest
harm, whether the decree of Thucydides is ratified, or whether it is annulled.
And yet it is not right to bring up a defence of this sort before men who have
sworn to give a verdict according to the laws. You will, however, presently
learn from the indictment itself, that it is merely a pretext to offset the
criminal information.Read these indictments.1“
Indictments
”
1 There were two indictments, one against Demosthenes and one against Thucydides.
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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