Who would not consider that state to be in a most pitiable condition, in which the sovereign allows himself to be bribed to leave charges uninvestigated, and in which malcontents venture without hesitation to attack one of the magistrates within the precincts of the palace, and to lay violent hands upon him?
However, no punishment was inflicted either upon Malthanes or his assailants, which is a sufficient proof of the character of Justinian..