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“The means for securing the acquittal
of an accused person are strictly limited. His innocence may be established, some superior authority
may intervene, force or bribery may be employed,
his guilt may be difficult to prove, or there may be
collusion between the advocates. You admit that
he was guilty; no superior authority intervened, no
violence was used and you make no complaint that
the jury was bribed, while there was no difficulty
about proving his guilt. What conclusion is left to
us save that there was collusion?”
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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