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Then of course you ought to have supplied
these particulars, and written, “if any man, whether alien or citizen,
shall kill, with or without intention, rightfully or wrongfully,” in
order that any man soever, by whom the deed should have been done, might have
received his deserts according to law; but assuredly, after merely naming an
accusation, you ought not to have added, “he shall be liable to
seizure.” What boundary have you left in this clause?
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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