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If, however, he shall make none of
these statements, but shall assert that Milyas had charge of everything, how can you believe him, when
he alleges that he himself made the disbursements amounting to more than five
hundred drachmae, but that any profits which accrued are in the hands of
Milyas? For my part, I think it
likely that the very opposite is the case, supposing that Milyas actually did have charge of the
work,—that he made the disbursements, and that Aphobus received the
profits, if we may draw any conclusion from the general character and the
shamelessness of the man.Take now and read these
depositions to the jury.“
Depositions
”
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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