Book 28. (1 results) Kur of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 20 | 69 | "If more than one out of ten do not unsheathe their blades?" "Then the defendant is acquitted," said Peisistratus. |
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Book 28. (7 results) Kur of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 20 | 66 | "If that were the case a single madman or fool, a simpleton, a partisan or malcontent, might nullify or vitiate an entire trial". |
| 20 | 67 | "Is a simple majority required?" asked Cabot. |
| 20 | 68 | "No," said Peisistratus, "innocence or guilt must be clear, so a clear, significant majority is required, and in a trial such as this, involving charges of high treason, guilt must be exceedingly clear, this requiring that nine out of every ten jurors draw the knife". |
| 20 | 69 | "If more than one out of ten do not unsheathe their blades?" "Then the defendant is acquitted," said Peisistratus. |
| 20 | 70 | Already in the tiers many six-digited paws were clasped about the handles of their knives, but, Cabot noted, many jurors were crouched down, knuckles on the tiers, their knives untouched. |
| 20 | 71 | "Hold!" called the voice of the unseen judge. |
| 20 | 72 | The jurors looked about themselves, but the location of the judge, as the voice emanated from a diversity of locations, was not clear. |
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"If that were the case a single madman or fool, a simpleton, a partisan or malcontent, might nullify or vitiate an entire trial".
"Is a simple majority required?" asked Cabot.
"No," said Peisistratus, "innocence or guilt must be clear, so a clear, significant majority is required, and in a trial such as this, involving charges of high treason, guilt must be exceedingly clear, this requiring that nine out of every ten jurors draw the knife".
"If more than one out of ten do not unsheathe their blades?" "Then the defendant is acquitted," said Peisistratus.
Already in the tiers many six-digited paws were clasped about the handles of their knives, but, Cabot noted, many jurors were crouched down, knuckles on the tiers, their knives untouched.
"Hold!" called the voice of the unseen judge.
The jurors looked about themselves, but the location of the judge, as the voice emanated from a diversity of locations, was not clear.
- (Kur of Gor, Chapter 20)