10. You have heard that they did not buy the corn because they were
advised to do so by the officers. And I think if they really are speaking
the truth about the corn inspectors they will not be defending
themselves, but accusing them. Ought they not to be punished for offenses
concerning which the law is expressly written--both those who do not obey
and those who direct to do what is contrary to them?
11. But I do not think, gentlemen of the jury, that they will resort to
this argument. Perhaps they will say, just as they did before the Boule,
that they bought the grain out of good will to the city, that you might
buy it as cheaply as possible. I will give you the greatest and most
evident proof that they lied. 12. They ought, if they bought the corn for
your benefit, to have sold it many days for the same price, until the
supply ran out; but in truth they sold it the same day at a drachma
dearer as if they were buying it up by the medinnus. I will prove this to
you by witnesses.