Depositions

To prove that I am speaking the truth in this, the clerk shall read you the depositions regarding these matters.

To prove that I am speaking the truth in this, the clerk shall read you the depositions concerning these matters.

To prove that I am speaking the truth in this, the clerk shall read you the depositions bearing upon these matters.

) Take the deposition itself, and read it, please, that from its very language I may prove my point.

I gave true testimony in testifying to that which is contained in the record.

Stephanus gave false testimony against me in testifying to that which is contained in the record.

Take the depositions and read them all in turn to the jury, that they may bear in mind the testimony that has been brought and the statements that have been made, and so reach a more correct decision.

You have evidence that is adequate, evidence from witnesses, from depositions, from probabilities, from the statements of these men themselves who acknowledge that they took possession of my entire estate.

The Depositions

Read the depositions.

Now take, please, and read these two depositions, proving that my father gave me the name Mantitheus, and him the name Boeotus.

Now, to show you that my father not only made the entry in the list of the clansmen in the manner which has been testified to you, but that he gave me this name when he kept the tenth day after my birth, please take this deposition.

The Depositions

That I may not be thought to be slandering him, read, please, the depositions.

To prove that I am speaking the truth in this also, the clerk will read the depositions dealing with these matters.

That I am speaking the truth in this also you will know from these depositions.

But that I may not speak confusedly of all matters at once, take, please, the depositions of the neighbors.

To prove to you, however, that previously in his designs upon my property he got the help of his cousin, and that he has in his own person obtained an award against Callarus in another such suit—looking upon me with despite because I value the man highly,—and that he has again brought another suit against Callarus,—to prove all these things the clerk shall read you the depositions.

) Now please take all these depositions, and read them.

Now that you may know what sort of things they do as they go about—read them these depositions, and do you check the flow of the water.

Now let the clerk take the depositions establishing these facts, that you may understand that a host of people know what outrage I suffered at the hands of these men.

I wish in the first place to bring before you depositions proving these statements, and then to show what I have suffered at the hands of the defendant himself, in order that you may see that Conon, who should have dealt rigorously with the first offences, has himself added to these far more outrageous acts of his own doing.

To prove that I am speaking the truth and that they did borrow additional sums contrary to the agreement, the clerk shall read you the deposition of the man himself who made the additional loan.

Now please take the deposition first that of Apollonides, showing that it was Antipater who lent money upon the vessel, and that these men were in no wise affected by the shipwreck;

To prove that these statements of mine are true, take the deposition of those who sailed with them in the same ship.

First, then, to prove that what we have stated about the adoptions and the pedigree of these men is true, and that the water-bearer does stand upon the tomb of Archiades, we wish to read to you these depositions.

First, men of the jury, to prove that our pedigree is as I have stated, the clerk shall read you the depositions, and thereafter the law itself which awards inheritances to the families and to those nearest of kin in the male line.

and that the one who has now sworn the affidavit was enrolled among the demesmen before he had been enrolled among the members of the clan—to prove these facts the clerk shall read you the depositions of the members of the clan and of the deme;

However, to prove that I am speaking the truth,—that our father died immediately after the settlement, that these men never brought suit against Demaretus for this money, and that he absolutely never went to sea, nor visited Bosporus, take the depositions.

Please read these depositions.

The Depositions

First, then, the clerk shall read to you the depositions which show that it is not I who am responsible for bringing the case into court, but the defendant himself.

I wish, however, to bring before you depositions proving all the other statements I have made, but first of all, to prove that at the outset the defendant and I, having settled our differences by ourselves, took each an equal share of all the property left by Comon of which we had knowledge.

To prove that I tendered him this challenge, the clerk shall read you the deposition of the persons in whose presence I tendered it.

To prove that these statements of mine are true, that he even now declares that the land is mortgaged for a talent, but that he laid claim to two thousand drachmae more on the house, and took the pillars down after the suit was decided, I shall bring forward witnesses who know the facts.

The Deposition

Now take the deposition.

Read me, please, the depositions, to show what manner of man I am to those who lend money, and to those who need my help.

To prove that I am speaking the truth in this, take, please, these depositions also.

The Depositions

) Read the depositions in support of what I have just said, and the laws.

First, now, I will produce for you the depositions substantiating what I have said, and then you shall hear the entire truth about the other aspects of the case.

) Now read me first that law which declares that no mining property shall be included in the inventory, and the challenge and then the depositions proving that this fellow Phaenippus has inherited two estates that performed public services.

Now that these matters too may not be left neglected, (to the clerk) take, please, the depositions regarding them all.

Take, please, the deposition, proving that the seals of the papers were acknowledged at the time by the wife of the defendant, and that the papers are now deposited, sealed by Spudias.

after that, read the deposition of the arbitrators, that they may see that Spudias has received even far more than I, and that Leocrates made complaint regarding this, and that the arbitrators rendered this decision.

For all pieces of evidence which the parties to a suit bring before the court when they tender challenges to one another, they bring in by means of depositions.

those who testify to challenges, who stand forward on the spur of the moment, should present their depositions written in wax, in order that, if one wants to add or to erase anything, it may be easier to do so.

You are shown to have been guilty of trickery in the suit, to have given false witness yourself without scruple, to have stolen depositions which supported the truth, to have misled the jury, and to have entered into a conspiracy to defeat justice.

To prove that I am speaking the truth, the clerk shall read you the depositions which bear upon all these facts.

also that when Callippus came for the first time to the bank, saying that Lycon was dead and that he, Callippus, claimed the right to inspect the books to see whether the Heracleote had left any money, he, Phormion, had at once shown him the books, and that Callippus, after seeing the entry that payment was to be made to Cephisiades, went away in silence, without filing any counterclaim or making …

That all I have told you is true, men of the jury, you have learned from the depositions.

To prove that I am speaking the truth in all this, the clerk shall read you the depositions bearing upon these matters.

To prove that I am stating the truth to you in this, the clerk shall read you the depositions covering these matters, those of the persons who at that time collected the military supplies and of the despatching board;

To prove that I am telling you the truth in this, that in the market-place he made the answer mentioned above, that he cared nothing for what I was saying, and that in the house where Timomachus lodged he declared that he would not take over the ship alone—the clerk shall read you the depositions bearing on these facts.

To prove that all these statements of mine are true the clerk shall read you the depositions which bear upon them;

You have learned, then, from the depositions which have just been read, that I am telling you nothing but the truth regarding the matters which I mentioned.

To prove that I am speaking the truth in this, (to the clerk) read, please, the deposition of my brother.

The clerk will now read you the depositions having to do with these actions.

Take, please, the articles of agreement, the challenge, and these depositions.

Take the copy of the will, and this challenge, and these depositions made by those in whose custody the will is deposited.

Let me now read to you the testimony of the public services I have rendered, and you shall read for comparison some of the blank-verse you used to make such a hash of:

(The Depositions are read)

Please take the deposition about the former arbitration.

Deposition

Please read the deposition.

Deposition