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34.1The request that I shall make of you, men of the jury, is a fair one, that you should hear us with goodwill as we speak in our turn, note knowing well that we are wholly without experience in the art of speaking; and long as we have been frequenting your mart, and many as are the merchants to whom we have made loans, we have never until now appeared in any suit before you either as plaintiffs or as defendants. 34.2And you may be sure, men of
34.3With reference to the special plea my argument is a brief one. For even the defendants do not absolutely deny that a contract was made on your exchange note; but they claim that there exists no longer any obligation on their part due to the contract, for they have done nothing that contravenes the terms of the agreement. 34.4The laws, however, in accordance with which you sit as jurors, do not use this language. They do indeed allow the production of a special plea when there has been no contract at all at
34.6I, men of
Take the agreement, please.Agreement
Now take also the entry made by the customs-officers and the depositions.Entry of the Customs
Depositions
34.8When he came, then, to
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