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Therefore, men
of the jury, that Theocrines did lodge a denunciation against the ship of Micon,
and that the denunciation was exposed for a long time to public view, and again
that, when summoned to the preliminary hearing, he did not answer, nor did he
prosecute the case, you have heard from witnesses who were in the best position
to know the truth. And that he is liable, not to the fine of a thousand drachmae
merely, but also to arrest and to the other punishments which the law declares
shall be inflicted upon anyone who prefers baseless charges against merchants
and ship-owners, you will readily learn from the law itself.
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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