1 which have a
bearing on the case, I may mention time, which
is introduced in the exordium of the pro Caelio,
place (in the pro Deiotaro),the appearance of the
court (in the pro Milone),public opinion (in the
Verrines),and finally, as I cannot mention all,
the ill-repute of the law courts and the popular
expectation excited by the case. None of these
actually belong to the case, but all have some
bearing on it.
1 [20] of this chapter. In the first Verrme (c. 1) he remarks that it is generally believed that the corruption of the courts is such that it is practically impossible to secure the condemnation of a wealthy man.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1921.
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