This is why murder--I mean the murder of a Christian--cannot be too severely punished.

But as for us (counsel and client), what have we killed?
Nothing, Gentlemen, absolutely nothing but a wretched Jew, predestined for damnation.

You know the obstinacy of his race, and you know that if he had been allowed a hundred years for his conversion, he would have died like a brute, without confession.

I admit that we have advanced by some years the maturity of celestial justice; we have hastened a little for him an eternity of torture which sooner or later must inevitably have been his lot.

But be indulgent, Gentlemen, towards so venial an offence, and reserve your severity for those who attempt the life and salvation of a Christian!" This speech would be nonsense at Paris.