The judges are to sit in order of seniority, and the proceedings shall begin with the speeches of the plaintiff and the defendant; and then the judges, beginning with the eldest, shall ask questions and collect evidence during three days, which, at the end of each day, shall be deposited in writing under their seals on the altar of Hestia; and when they have evidence enough, after a solemn declaration that they will decide justly, they shall vote and end the case.

The votes are to be given openly in the presence of the citizens.
Next to religion, the preservation of the constitution is the first object of the law.

The greatest enemy of the state is he who attempts to set up a tyrant, or breeds plots and conspiracies; not far below him in guilt is a magistrate who either knowingly, or in ignorance, fails to bring the offender to justice.

Any one who is good for anything will give information against traitors.

The mode of proceeding at such trials will be the same as at trials for sacrilege; the penalty, death.